Meeting with tens of thousands of Catholics living in the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis urged them to be meek, peaceful and express their Christian identity by loving others.
Witness to Christ with love, pope tells Catholics on Arabian Peninsula
Vatican’s China policy not a competition between two sides, says official
The Catholic Church’s process of reconciliation and rapprochement in China is not a “competition or who is right, but of brothers and sisters in the faith, who all find themselves in a common house,” said Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Prayer keeps award-winning nun centered amid all the hoopla
Prayer is the key for Sister Norma Pimentel as she continues her immigrant ministry and defending life.
Opioids claiming lives and affecting many others, say panelists
Statistics tell the grim story of the opioid crisis that has beset the United States.
Community land trusts a possible answer for escalating housing costs
Community land trusts are celebrating their 50th anniversary in the United States in 2019, and Catholic figures had a role in their development.
Immigrants seen as making their mark in their new homes
An immigrant-dominated panel Feb. 3 at the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington showed immigrants seizing educational and professional opportunities that they would have had little hope of finding in their home countries.
Catholic Charities USA leaders outline immediate, long-term goals
Two top Catholic Charities USA leaders outlined some of the short-term and long-term goals for the organization and its affiliates throughout the country Feb. 3 during the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.
True belief leads to respect, peace, pope says at interreligious meeting
In an officially Muslim nation where Christians are welcomed as guest workers and free to worship, Pope Francis urged leaders of the world’s main religions to embrace a broader vision of freedom, justice, tolerance and peace.