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Aid workers in Greece brace for more migrants, despite worsening weather
The tide of humanity fleeing violence in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq continues into Greece, a key entry point to Europe, despite many drownings and threat of increasingly violent waterways during colder autumn temperatures.
Local Catholics celebrate pope’s U.S. visit in spirit, service
Pope Francis was thousands of miles away during his inaugural visit to the U.S., but he stayed close to the hearts of area Catholics.
Silence and indifference to migrant crisis lead to complicity, pope says
There continues to be debates about the conditions and limits to be set for the reception of migrants, not only on the level of national policies, but also in some parish communities, whose traditional tranquility seems to be threatened, Pope Francis said.
Testimonies of keeping the faith during trying times bring many to tears
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Marita Thomas was among those in the crowd at the Festival of Families Sept. 26 who were moved to tears as they listened to families selected to come onstage to tell Pope Francis how they coped with hardship by clinging to God.
Patriarch: Holy Land Christians ‘pray, weep, suffer and wait’ with Jesus
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Christian families in the Holy Land bear their daily suffering with hope, knowing that the cross is the cost of following Christ, said Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem.
Be shepherds concerned only for God and others, pope tells U.S. bishops
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Acknowledging the real challenges and burdens the U.S. bishops face in their ministry, Pope Francis shared with them his own experience as a pastor and urged them to keep their eyes focused on Jesus and their hearts open to others.
Pope arrives in Cuba calling for freedom, better U.S.-Cuba relations
HAVANA (CNS) — Pope Francis began his visit to Cuba praying for greater freedom for the island’s people and calling on U.S. and Cuban politicians to continue moving toward fully normal and neighborly relations.
No one can pretend not to know Syrians, Iraqis are suffering, pope says
More than 12 million people in Syria and more than 8 million people in Iraq are in need of humanitarian aid with some 10 million displaced, according to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Vatican office that coordinates Catholic charitable giving.
Church agencies highlight growing urgency of Europe’s refugee crisis
Catholic aid agencies have urged Europeans not to turn against migrants seeking refuge from Syria and other countries, in what media reports describe as the continent's greatest refugee movement since World War II.
Cardinal: Britons crying out for more generous response to migrants
Shocking images of bodies washed up on beaches in the Mediterranean — including one of a drowned Syrian boy lying face down — are revealing “the human face of this suffering," Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said.
