Since becoming pope, Francis has given special attention to the Holy See’s diplomatic staff.
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Posted inFaith, Interviews
Mary is there for you when your own mother isn’t.
Marge Fenelon talks about her book “Forgiving Mother: A Marian Novena of Healing and Peace.”
Posted inFaith, Video
“The Magis and Justice” – Rev. Bryan Massingale | Live @ IFTJ 2017
Fr. Bryan Massingale is one of the world’s leading Catholic social ethicists and scholars of African-American theological ethics, racial justice, and liberation theology. He joined the Fordham theology faculty in the fall of 2016. Previously, Fr. Massingale was on the faculty at Marquette University, where in 2009 he received that institution’s highest award for excellence […]
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: Scientific advances must serve ‘the good of all humanity, not just the few’
“Not everything that is technically possible or feasible is therefore ethically acceptable.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Fear of Flying: Trying to Trust God at 30,000 Feet
I have been trying with all my heart—with all my mind, with all my soul, to live peaceably with a terror that has been grafted onto me.
Posted inFaith, News
Despite law, State Department misses deadline to name religious freedom violators
The U.S. State Department often misses its deadline to release a list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom — or doesn’t release a list at all.
Posted inFaith, News
Blessed Solanus Casey lived out faith, hope, charity every day, says cardinal
He came from an Irish family of profound Catholic convictions. Faith for him was a very precious inheritance for facing the difficulties of life.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: Indifference to the poor is a great sin
“To love the poor means to combat all forms of poverty, spiritual and material.”
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Can the ‘seamless garment’ approach to pro-life issues make a comeback in the Catholic Church?
Cardinal Bernardin’s consistent ethic of life could be helpful as the church grapples with issues like migration, health care and even taxes, some bishops say.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Mocking religion is not a requirement for scientific literacy
Julie Payette, Canada’s new governor general, stirred up controversy with a speech to a scientific gathering in which she seemed to pit “divine intervention” against “natural process.”