Archive for October 1, 2017

Pope Francis at the General Audience April 20, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

You can’t change politics watching from a balcony, Pope Francis says

On Sunday Pope Francis said that we can’t improve our political landscape by observing and judging from afar, but that... Read more

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Iraqi Church leaders pray for peace after Kurdish referendum

Church leaders have expressed anxiety over a Kurdish vote for independence in a recent referendum, saying Kurdistan’s decision to split... Read more

Pope Francis meets with migrants during a day trip to Bologna, Italy. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope tells people from all walks of life to give witness to the Gospel

On Sunday, Pope Francis made a pastoral visit to the cities of Cesena and Bologna, meeting with people from every... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. April 30, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

Be sinners on a journey, not 'sitting sinners', Pope says

In his homily on Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged the faithful to be sinners on a journey, always working towards conversion... Read more

"Created" book. Courtesy of Cory Heimann.?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

Why bother with beauty? A book for right-brained Catholics

Just a few weeks after Catholic artist Cory Heimann got married, a close friend of his, who had been planning... Read more

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Miguel Uribe Turbay, Colombian senator and presidential hopeful; and Cardinal Luis José Rueda, archbishop of Bogotá.

Gravely wounded Colombian presidential hopeful improving; could be miracle, cardinal says

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile at the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for Mass on Pentecost Sunday on June 8, 2025.

Charismatic renewal leader confident Pope Leo XIV will affirm movement’s status in Church

Scene of the walled city of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The oldest governor’s mansion under the American flag, La Fortaleza, is top right.

Bishops in Puerto Rico push back against ICE raids, deportations

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone specifically commissioned the United States’ first Center for Sainthood Studies to foster “a deeper understanding of the processes involved in recognizing the holiness of individuals and their potential for sainthood.”

First-of-its-kind Center for Sainthood Studies launches

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New York on brink of legalizing assisted suicide as advocates urge protection of vulnerable

A general view shows a damaged building at the site where Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025.

Pope, Indian bishops mourn crash of airliner that killed hundreds

Catholic school students won the right to play sports and participate in other public school activities in the State College Area School District after a victory in federal court on June 10, 2025.

Pennsylvania Catholic students win lawsuit allowing participation in local district sports

Pope Leo XIV meets with priests of Rome in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Rome’s priests look for leadership from their new bishop, Pope Leo XIV

Fertility rose at the end of the Depression and the end of World War II with the Baby Boom, to more than 3.5 births for every woman by 1960 — then plummeted immediately thereafter.

United Nations solution to ‘fertility crisis’ faces criticism

Father Michael Herlihey, OFM Cap, one of three chaplains serving pilgrims along the Drexel Route, blesses children following the opening Mass of the 2025 Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Indianpolis on May 18, 2025.

What it’s like to be a chaplain on the road with the body of Christ

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