Second chances: Vatican Christmas stamps feature work of homeless artist
December 6, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Adam Piekarski, a homeless man from Lódz, Poland, never imagined that the sketches he would draw in his free time while… Read More
Program explores how social media can help young people engage their faith
December 6, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When using social media, Ogechi Akalegbere, a catechist and co-chair of the pastoral council at St. Rose of Lima Church in Gaithersburg,… Read More
Hong Kong’s new bishop promises bridge building, healing
December 6, 2021
HONG KONG (CNS) — The newly installed Catholic bishop of Hong Kong promised action to heal Catholics and the wider society, divided because of the… Read More
UPDATE: Pope tells reporters Paris archbishop was hounded out by gossip
December 6, 2021
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ROME (CNS) — Pope Francis told reporters he accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris because the archbishop’s… Read More
Pope tells reporters Paris archbishop was hounded out by gossip
December 6, 2021
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ROME (CNS) — Pope Francis told reporters he accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris because the archbishop’s… Read More
God’s power is revealed in love, pope says at Mass in Athens
December 5, 2021
ATHENS, Greece (CNS) — God the Almighty almost always chooses the least mighty people and the most desolate places to reveal the power of his… Read More
Attack causes of migration, not those forced to flee, pope says on Lesbos
December 5, 2021
MYTILENE, Greece (CNS) — Standing in a tent on the shore, Pope Francis said the Mediterranean Sea, “the cradle of so many civilizations, now looks… Read More
New Orleans billboard campaign reminds all to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’
December 4, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Eternal hope is the overarching message of Christmas: A child born in a barn changed the world. Charlie LeBlanc was one… Read More
Pope asks pardon for sins that drove Catholic, Orthodox apart
December 4, 2021
ATHENS, Greece (CNS) — Like St. John Paul II before him, Pope Francis apologized to members of the Orthodox Church of Greece for the ways… Read More
In Greece, Pope expresses concern for democracy’s decline in Europe
December 4, 2021
ATHENS, Greece (CNS) — From Aristotle to St. Gregory Nazianzus, and from the Acropolis to the olive tree, Pope Francis drew from Greek history and… Read More
