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Ahead of Marseille trip, Pope Francis' pro-migrant message ignites debate
Posted on 09/21/2023 08:00 AM (National Catholic Reporter)
Pope Francis is traveling to Marseille, France, this weekend to meet with Mediterranean bishops on Europe's migrant crisis. The pope's pro-migrant message is already igniting fierce debate across the continent.
Francis, the comic strip
Posted on 09/21/2023 08:00 AM (National Catholic Reporter)
Francis, the comic strip: Why did Francis go to Mongolia? Look at the map to find out.
Considering the spiritual roots of ecophobia amid climate change
Posted on 09/21/2023 08:00 AM (National Catholic Reporter)
The term "ecophobia" gives us a lens through which to view the human behavior that has harmed the rest of creation, writes Dan Horan.
All war is a disgrace and failure. The church must embrace nonviolence.
Posted on 09/21/2023 08:00 AM (National Catholic Reporter)
The Catholic Church should take a decolonial approach as it articulates a nonviolence ethic for our times, say commentators SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai and Eli S. McCarthy.
Alleged victims of influential Vatican artist left 'speechless' after new Rome diocese report
Posted on 09/20/2023 14:49 PM (National Catholic Reporter)
Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist said Sept. 19 they had been revictimized by his superiors, saying Pope Francis' recent gestures and an apparent effort to exonerate him publicly showed church pledges of "zero tolerance" were just a "publicity stunt."
Archbishop Broglio visits Ukraine, meets with military chaplains
Posted on 12/30/2022 09:52 AM (CNS Top Stories)
KYIV, Ukraine (CNS) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the...
Seminarian’s cross made from an old pew part of new seminary’s future
Posted on 12/29/2022 12:48 PM (CNS Top Stories)
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Everybody needs a hobby, as the saying goes, including seminarians. For Rob...
Eritrean authorities free Catholic bishop held 75 days in prison
Posted on 12/29/2022 11:00 AM (CNS Top Stories)
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Eritrean authorities have freed Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim after 75...
Papal calendar: 2023 holds important events for Pope Francis
Posted on 12/29/2022 10:51 AM (CNS Top Stories)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign...
Two books on experiencing Catholicism have lessons to teach, flaws
Posted on 12/28/2022 09:50 AM (CNS Top Stories)
“The Spirit of Catholicism” by Father Vivian Boland, OP. Bloomsbury Continuum (New York, 2022). 272...