ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CNS) -- Pope Francis' call for mission and the church's emphasis on the new evangelization always has been in "our inner language," Father Raphael Capo said about leaders of Hispanic ministry. "Maybe now as we work together in this context of cultural diversity in the church, i...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation approaches, "Catholics and Lutherans can ask forgiveness for the harm they have caused one another and for their offenses committed in the sight of God," Pope Francis said. Meeting Oct. 21 with represen...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's online access to official papal texts and speeches free people from relying on media coverage that may be manipulative or biased, said a top official in the Vatican Secretariat of State. People can go directly to the @Pontifex Twitter feed and the news.va aggrega...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The president who admonished Americans to "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country," didn't live to see how it played out, but there are plenty of people trying to keep his vision alive. That starts with President John F. Kennedy's own rela...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' decision to call an extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family in 2014 demonstrates how important he believes the family is and the urgency he sees in responding to problems Christian families face, said the head of the Pontifical Counc...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At a meeting with members of Rome's Jewish community, Pope Francis denounced anti-Semitism and recalled the 1943 deportation of more than 1,000 of the city's Jews to the most notorious Nazi death camp -- an incident that has proven a major source of tension between the papacy...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- No matter how one tries to parse it, every economic decision has a moral dimension to it. Do you shop at Store A, with higher prices, or Store B, which has a reputation for treating its workers badly? Do you put your money in a bank or a credit union? Do you shop local? Buy Amer...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Most U.S. Catholics are not looking for spirituality online, in fact, half of them are unaware the church even has an online presence, according to researchers at Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. The most widely used communication tool in Ca...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) -- New California laws allowing non-physicians to perform abortions and repealing some building regulations that govern abortion clinics "dramatically increase the availability of abortion" in the state, said the president of the California Catholic Conference. "We oppose a...
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SAINT-LOUP-SUR-AUJON, France (CNS) -- The moment a monstrance bearing the Blessed Sacrament was fixed high over an altar in a convent church in a remote French valley, a nun stepped forward to start the process of eucharistic adoration -- one the sisters hope will continue day and night, week after...
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