Catholic News Service
November 13, 2017
Pope's Homily: 'Shepherds' who seek money, power cause scandal
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Church leaders who are attached to money and try to climb the ladder of success wound the church and destroy people's hope, Pope Francis said.
Published in
Reflections
November 10, 2017
Peace, dialogue held hostage by nuclear weapons threat, Pope says
VATICAN CITY – The existence of nuclear weapons creates a false sense of security that holds international relations hostage and stifles peaceful coexistence, Pope Francis said.
Published in
International
November 10, 2017
Vietnamese diocese begins rebuilding church ruined in '67 U.S. air raid
HAI DUONG, Vietnam – A diocese in northern Vietnam has begun construction of a church dedicated to Dominican martyrs, replacing the ruins of an earlier one destroyed during a U.S. air raid in 1967.
Published in
International
November 23, 2017
Montreal rectory becomes transition centre for asylum seekers
MONTREAL – When a Haitian mother and her two young children crossed into Canada by taxi, "police officers said that I was going to be arrested because I had just done something illegal."
Published in
Canada
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine bishops' conference started a prayer vigil to protest thousands of killings in the government drive to eradicate drug abuse and drug dealing.
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International
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Catholic Church stands "in unity" with the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and the larger community after a shooting during Sunday services took the lives of 26 people and injured several more.
Published in
International
November 6, 2017
Former computer professional finds joy serving Vancouver's homeless
VANCOUVER – Mildred Moy at one time was apprehensive about speaking to homeless people on the street.
Published in
Features
November 3, 2017
Priest resigns as consultant on doctrine after letter to Pope
WASHINGTON – After publication of his letter to Pope Francis questioning the pontiff's teachings, Father Thomas Weinandy has resigned from his position as consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Doctrine.
Published in
International
VATICAN – Like stained glass windows, the saints allow the light of God to permeate the darkness of sin in the world, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints.
Published in
Reflections
November 1, 2017
'Horrendous attack weighs on all our hearts,' says Cardinal
WASHINGTON – The "horrendous act" by a driver in a pickup truck who mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists in New York late in the afternoon Oct. 31 "weighs on all of our hearts," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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International