VATICAN CITY -- Catholic doctors have a mission to show God’s compassionate love to those who are suffering and to defend life at all stages, Pope Francis said.
U.S. bishops join Pope Francis reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON -- U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico.
Pope Francis announces themes for upcoming WYD celebrations
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them to walk.
Was there a little help from a friend?
By Catholic News ServiceST. LOUIS -- Before the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins in Game 7 on June 12 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in the team’s 52-year history, Twitter was alive with hopes for a little divine intervention for such a victory — maybe even from St. John Paul II.
Patriarch criticizes European governments on immigration
By Catholic News ServiceNAPLES, Italy -- The Mediterranean Sea, which has been and again could be a route for a meeting of peoples and cultures, instead is a "border not to be crossed" between the poor South and the wealthy North, said Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
Mass returns to Notre-Dame
By Catholic News ServicePARIS -- The archbishop of Paris wore a hard hat as he celebrated the first Mass in Notre Dame Cathedral since a huge blaze devastated the landmark building in April.
Don't let quake shake your hope, Pope Francis tells earthquake survivors
By Catholic News ServiceCAMERINO, Italy -- Wearing a firefighter's helmet painted white and gold for the occasion, Pope Francis entered the earthquake-damaged cathedral in Camerino and prayed before a statue of Mary missing the top of its head.
Holy site preparing for more repair work
By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News ServiceJERUSALEM -- Following the successful cooperation on the 2016 restoration of the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the leaders of the three churches who serve as guardians of the holy site have signed an agreement to continue with restorations, this time on the pavement and foundations around the tomb.
Plane speaking: Behind the scenes of the Pope's in-flight press conferences
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis’ in-flight news conferences are arguably less newsy than when his pontificate began, mostly because he has been insisting the past few years that most of the questions refer to the trip that is concluding.
Pope Francis: Mitigate global warming, spare further injustice to poor
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- Faced with a climate emergency, the world must act immediately to mitigate global warming and avoid committing "a brutal act of injustice" on the poor and future generations, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors.
Bishops vote to revise U.S. catechism's capital punishment section
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News ServiceBALTIMORE -- The U.S. bishops voted June 13 to revise what the U.S. church teaches its adult members about the death penalty in a passage on the issue in the U.S. Catechism for Adults.