Pope Francis says our world economic system inevitably promotes military conflict.
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Bishops Stay the Course in New Orleans: Focus on religious liberty, election document, upcoming synod
During their June 11-13 spring general assembly in New Orleans, the nation's Catholic bishops voted to extend their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty and to approve work on a limited revision of their quadrennial document aimed at guiding Catholics in election decisions.They also were urged
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GOAL!!: Let the World Cup be a celebration of solidarity and peace, pope says
Let the World Cup be a celebration of solidarity and peace, Pope Francis says
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‘New Spring’ for Families: U.S. bishops urged to promote, support families
U.S. bishops gathered in New Orleans are urged to promote and support families.
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World Cup Hosts Get ‘Red’ Card: Better goal would be poverty relief say Brazil Bishops
The Brazilian bishops' conference has given the government and 2014 FIFA World Cup organizers a "red card" for putting the competition above the Brazilian people's basic needs.In soccer, a "red card" is given to players who commit serious fouls and are expelled from the g
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Christians Among 500,000 in Flight From Mosul: ‘Not One’ left after Islamist forces seize city
Church leaders in northern Iraq struggled to find shelter for Christians who were among hundreds of thousands who fled Mosul, the country's second-largest city, after Islamist forces took over much of the town, a Chaldean Catholic archbishop said.Christians began fleeing early on June 9, Archbis
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Francis Denounces Child Labor: Pope to traffickers, arms manufacturers: God’s judgment will come
Pope Francis denounced those responsible for human trafficking, slave labor and arms manufacturing, saying people producing weapons of war are "merchants of death.""One day everything comes to an end and they will be held accountable to God," the pope said at his weekly general a
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How to End the Violence in Nigeria?: Cardinal supports offer of amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents
Cardinal supports offer of amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents who stop fighting.
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‘Tired’ Pope Francis Cancels Meetings: Vatican: ‘Nothing to worry about’
Pope Francis canceled a second day of private audiences and his morning Mass on Tuesday (June 10) because of a minor illness, but Vatican officials downplayed speculation about ill health.The Vatican’s chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope had postponed several appointment
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The Beginning of a New Journey to Peace in the Holy Land?
“It is my hope that this meeting will mark the beginning of a new journey where we seek the things that unite, so as to overcome the things that divide,” Pope Francis said in a forceful speech concluding the historic Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land, held in the Vatican Gardens on June