Week of spiritual exercises ends for Pontiff, members of curia By Elise Harris VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) After spending a week outside Rome reflecting on key questions in the Gospel … Continued
Priests known now as ambassadors are preaching, hearing confessions By Elise Harris Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) On Ash Wednesday Pope Francis commissioned more than 1,000 priests who were sent out … Continued
Singapore has previously banned the performer By Antonio Anup Gonsalves (CNA/EWTN News) SINGAPORE Singapore’s music fans can do better than Madonna, the local Catholic archbishop said before the American pop … Continued
Doctor-shopping makes it easy to find a doctor if your own balks at killing you By Matt Hadro (CNA/EWTN News) PORTLAND, Ore. Requests for physician-assisted suicide in Oregon in 2015 … Continued
During last year’s ’24 Hours of Reconciliation’ he personally went to confession VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) Pope Francis heard confessions of the faithful in St. Peter’s Basilica on March 4. … Continued
The film “Spotlight,” which won the Oscar for best picture Feb. 28, is a courageous movie that is not anti-Catholic, the Vatican daily “L’Osservatore Romano” said in two articles commenting … Continued
Some generous offerings are ‘fruit of the blood of so many people who are exploited, mistreated, and enslaved by poorly paid jobs!’ By Elise Harris Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) Pope … Continued
Criminals too have the right to life, Pontiff avers VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) Christians must work to abolish the death penalty and improve prison conditions, Pope Francis said on Sunday. … Continued
Penitents can pass through the cathedral’s Holy Door of Mercy BISMARCK, N.D. (CNA/EWTN News) Priests will be available for confession throughout a special 24-hour period in the Diocese of Bismarck … Continued
Her fellow nuns thank those who have been praying, ask for more prayers IRONDALE, Ala. (CNA/EWTN News) The nuns of Mother Angelica’s monastery have thanked those who have prayed for … Continued