WASHINGTON, D.C.—While many Catholic parishes remain closed during the pandemic, one marriage renewal ministry wants to reopen the doors of the “domestic church” – the family – during the lockdown. … Continued
VATICAN CITY (CNA)—The coronavirus crisis has shown that governments need to invest more in health care and employ more nurses, Pope Francis said Tuesday. In a message marking International Nurses … Continued
A Christian ethic of service and solidarity must be an important feature of the business response to the coronavirus epidemic and its economic impact, Catholic business educators have said. For … Continued
Modern society is formulating an “anti-Christian creed” and punishing those who resist it with “social excommunication,” Benedict XVI has said in a new biography, published in Germany May 4. In … Continued
VATICAN CITY (CNA)—Pope Francis prayed for those who have died alone during the coronavirus pandemic at his morning Mass Tuesday. At the start of Mass in the chapel at Casa … Continued
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis said he has looked up to St. John Paul II throughout his priesthood in a book foreword he wrote ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the Polish … Continued
VATICAN CITY (CNA)—On Good Shepherd Sunday, Pope Francis said he was thinking of all the priests and doctors who gave their lives in the service of others during the coronavirus … Continued
VATICAN CITY (CNA)—Jesus died for everyone, but disordered attachment to one’s own ideas can cause divisions which break the unity of God’s people, Pope Francis said at Mass on Monday. … Continued
As the Chinese government makes progress containing the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have resumed action to remove crosses from buildings and crackdown on religious practice. The latest round of enforcement actions … Continued
Mass unemployment is a deeply unwelcome background for this year’s Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, but the Catholic celebration has lessons for everyone, regardless of job situation, according to … Continued