In the spotlight: Murdered bishop’s funeral Mass, winter storm, migrant shipwreck victims
Photos of the Week: March 6, 2023
Papal almoner invites 2,000 poor to circus to ‘lift them up’
The prelate, whom the pope named a cardinal in 2018, regularly dines with homeless people in his Vatican apartment.
Social ministry ‘fundamentally a work of faith,’ cardinal says
The Mass celebrated by Cardinal Wilton Gregory came on the final day of the Jan. 28-31 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. The meeting addressed workers’ rights, migrants and refugees, housing inequities, hunger and food insecurity, poverty, climate change, systemic racism, gun violence, restorative justice, abortion, domestic violence, and “pro-woman and pro-family policies.”
Displaced persons meeting pope underscore South Sudan’s overlapping crises
Africa’s largest displacement crisis has seen nearly 4.5 million people flee their homes due to deadly civil conflicts and environmental disasters in South Sudan.
Pope arrives in Congo after praying on flight for migrants
After flying across the equator, Pope Francis was welcomed warmly — in every sense — to Congo where Catholics make up the majority of the population.
Catholic organizations applaud, express concerns about new private sponsorship program for refugees
The Welcome Corps allows applications from private groups formed by five or more people to sponsor refugees for their first 90 days in the U.S.
Local Catholics learn firsthand about immigration at El Paso border
In late November, Father Jeff Ethen, Deacon Jim Schulzetenberg and his wife, Bonnie, and retired Deacon Bruce Geyer and wife Gail spent a week in El Paso, Texas, where they heard firsthand about newcomers entering the United States from Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso and other community leaders.
Listen to the cries of the newborn Prince of Peace, pope says on Christmas
With the birth of Jesus, God became flesh to share the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of all people, especially the poor and those living daily amid danger, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message.