Catholics and Anglicans in Canada have been working on their relationship ever since Gen. James Wolfe surprised Gen. Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham in the fall of 1759.
Pope Francis to theologians: 'Don't confuse the faithful'
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- Theologians must explore and debate disputed questions, at times even taking "risks" with what they propose, but those discussions should take place within the academy so as not to confuse the faithful, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis: Scandal shows financial reforms are working
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM JAPAN -- Questions about Vatican finances, especially those involving a real estate deal in London, are serious, but they also are a sign that reforms begun by Pope Benedict XVI are working, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis ends Japan trip with visit to Jesuit university
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceTOKYO -- Pope Francis spent his last morning in Japan at the Jesuit-run Sophia University, celebrating Mass with his Jesuit confreres, visiting aged members of the Jesuit community and addressing students and staff.
Reverence for life must determine use of nuclear power, Pope Francis says
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceTOKYO -- While not adopting the Japanese bishops' opposition to nuclear power plants as his own, Pope Francis insisted the 2011 meltdown at the Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima raises serious questions.
Pope Francis: A world without nuclear weapons is possible
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceHIROSHIMA, Japan -- Saying it is "perverse" to think the threat of nuclear weapons makes the world safer, Pope Francis urged a renewed commitment to disarmament and to the international treaties designed to limit or eliminate nuclear weapons.
Pope Francis arrives in Japan
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceTOKYO -- Describing himself as a "missionary pilgrim," Pope Francis finally fulfilled a more than five-decade-old desire to share the Gospel in Japan.
Pope Francis tells Thai religious leaders to be brave enough to dialogue
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceBANGKOK -- Meeting Thai religious leaders and then celebrating Mass with Catholic young adults, Pope Francis encouraged them to strengthen a culture that treasures the past, holds fast to faith, is unafraid of differences and always seeks a way to promote dialogue and cooperation.
Pope Francis: Missionaries share joy, not rules
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceTHA KHAM, Thailand -- In a large, predominantly Catholic village outside Bangkok, tens of thousands of people lined the roads and filled the grounds of a church complex to greet Pope Francis.
Pope Francis: Migration is a principal moral issue today
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceBANGKOK -- Calling migration "one of the principal moral issues" facing humanity today, Pope Francis thanked the government and people of Thailand for the way they've welcomed migrants and refugees, but he urged greater efforts to protect migrants and poor Thais from human trafficking.
Pope Francis prays for Vietnamese migrants found dead in U.K.
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- In a message to young Catholics in Vietnam, Pope Francis offered prayers for a group of Vietnamese migrants who died while being smuggled into Great Britain in late October.