Father Zollner said the working group he belongs to, on education and formation, talked about the four webinars on safeguarding that were held over the summer and sponsored by the women’s International Union of Superiors General.
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
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Network offers orders help in reforming institutional child care
Religious orders are creating new ways to promote family and community-based child care as opposed to institutionalized care.
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Pope Francis: It is impossible to bear the tragic loss of a child without God’s help
“Every tragic death brings with it great pain. But when it snatches (the lives of) five adolescents and a young mother, it is immense, unbearable without God’s help,” he told members of the victims’ families Sept. 12.
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Cardinal Sarah to bishops: Facilitate Mass in person as soon as conditions permit
Church services and Mass online cannot compare to or replace the in-person participation of the faithful, Cardinal Sarah told the world’s bishops.
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Pope Francis: With millions deprived of basic needs, Christians must act
During a livestream from the library of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis continued a series of talks on the principles of the church’s social doctrine as a guide for healing and building a better future.
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Can E.T. call anyone? Jesuit astronomer studies intragalactic possibilities
It’s a long-standing puzzle: If there is such a high probability of life existing elsewhere in the universe, then, as Enrico Fermi was alleged to have said, “Where is everybody?
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Pontifical academy unveils effort to fight mafia’s ‘deviant spirituality’ of Mary
The figure of Mary is often distorted and exploited by criminal organizations as a way to make people more submissive and “turn them into slaves,” according to Father Stefano Cecchin.
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Pope Francis: Making the poor a priority isn’t political, it’s the Gospel
The preferential option for the poor, which includes feeding the hungry and drawing close to the excluded, “is the key criterion of Christian authenticity,” Pope Francis said Aug. 19 during his weekly general audience.
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A new guide explains the hidden ministry of exorcism
One kind of ministry, by its nature but also church mandate, shuns the limelight and remains discreet: exorcism.
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Pope Francis: Weapons must be set aside for peace to flourish
“May the prophetic voices” of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki “continue to serve as a warning to us and for coming generations,” Pope Francis said in a written message to Hidehiko Yuzaki, governor of the Hiroshima prefecture.