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FAITH/STORIES

eople enter a government-run employment office in Madrid.

Create jobs, don't just expand welfare, handouts, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY - The Catholic Church calls for the creation of job opportunities and the recognition of the dignity of the poor, not simply for more handouts or expanded government welfare programs, Pope Francis said.

The Institute for the Works of Religion, popularly known as the Vatican bank, is seen in a 2009 photo.

Italy promises to return 23 million euros to Vatican bank

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VATICAN CITY - In what the Vatican bank described as recognition that it has established serious measures to prevent money laundering, it announced the Italian government has promised to return 23 million euros (U.S. $29 million) that had been blocked for more than three years.

Jewish worshippers covered in prayer shawls pray Nov. 19 at a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian militants killed four rabbis and a policeman. Pope Francis condemned the "unacceptable episodes of violence" in Jerusalem, episodes that "do not sp are even places of worship."

Pope condemns attack on Jerusalem synagogue, urges end to violence

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis condemned the "unacceptable episodes of violence" in Jerusalem, episodes that "do not spare even places of worship," after an attack in a synagogue left four worshippers, a policeman and the two attackers dead.

U.S. evangelical Russell Moore

Sexual revolution is destroying families, Russell Moore tells Vatican conference

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VATICAN CITY - Prominent U.S. evangelicals Russell Moore and Rick Warren blasted the sexual revolution at a Vatican conference Nov. 18 and said it is destroying the institution of marriage.

A woman holds onto her children during a special Mass in Los Angeles honouring immigrants.

Catholic defense of family means aiding migrant families, bishop says

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VATICAN CITY - Migrants are among the poorest, most vulnerable people in the world, and a church committed to defending strong families must be particularly engaged in assisting migrant couples and their children, a U.S. bishop told a Vatican conference.

Pope warns against the ‘false sense of compassion’ in euthanasia

Pope warns against the ‘false sense of compassion’ in euthanasia

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has warned doctors and ethicists on several hot-button social issues, attacking abortion, embryonic stem cell research and euthanasia as “playing with life” and “a sin against God.”

Pope Francis denounced a "false compassion" that would justify abortion, euthanasia, artificial reproduction technologies and medical research violating human dignity.

Pope calls abortion, euthanasia, IVF sins 'against God the creator'

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis denounced a "false compassion" that would justify abortion, euthanasia, artificial reproduction technologies and medical research violating human dignity. And he urged medical doctors to "go against the current" and assert "conscientious objection" to such practices, which he called sins "against God the creator."

Pope Francis said he would attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September 2015, making it the first confirmed stop on what is expected to be a more extensive papal visit to North America.

Pope confirms he will visit U.S. next September

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said he would attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September 2015, making it the first confirmed stop on what is expected to be a more extensive papal visit to North America.

Pope Francis plans to build showers for the homeless under the sweeping white colonnade of St. Peter’s Square

Pope Francis to build showers for homeless in St. Peter’s Square

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VATICAN CITY - In his latest bid to ease the suffering of the poor — and upend the expectations of the papacy — Pope Francis plans to build showers for the homeless under the sweeping white colonnade of St. Peter’s Square.

Seal of confession is absolute

Seal of confession is absolute

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VATICAN CITY - The secrecy of a confession is maintained so seriously and completely by the Catholic Church that a priest would be excommunicated for revealing the contents of a confession when ordered to testify by a court or even after the penitent dies, Vatican officials said.

Toronto Argonauts vice-chairman Michael “Pinball” Clemons interacts with fans on the team’s Faith Night Nov. 7 at the Rogers Centre.

Faith on the gridiron

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TORONTO - For the season’s finale the Toronto Argonauts started their faith-filled quarterback Trevor Harris who led the team to a 23-5 victory against Ottawa, fittingly on Faith Night. 

Pope Francis is assisted by his aide, Sandro Mariotti, as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 12.

Pope calls for global defense of Christians facing persecution

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis condemned the "absurd violence" being used against Christians in several countries and called on people of good will everywhere to take up the cause of religious freedom.

Mark Vincent Healy shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Vatican July 7. Healy, one of six abuse survivors who met the pope during a private meeting. The Pope has set up a special body to speed up the process of hearing and ruling on appeals of priests disciplined for abuse.

Pope sets up new body to speed handling of sex abuse appeals

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has established a special body within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to speed up the process of hearing and ruling on appeals filed by priests laicized or otherwise disciplined in sexual abuse or other serious cases.

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