“We want to focus on getting ambitious and urgent climate solutions implemented now, recognizing that the window is closing on this opportunity based on the scientific evidence,” said Jose Aguto, executive director of the...
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Pope: Work for good, not applause
In interview, pope condemns abortion, says he’s not resigning
“I ask: ‘Is it licit, is it right, to eliminate a human life to resolve a problem?’ It’s a human life — that’s science,” the pope said. “The moral question is whether it is right to take a human life to solve a problem. Indeed...
Cardinal Hummes, defender of the Amazon, friend of the pope, dies at 87
Pope Francis told reporters in 2013 that Cardinal Hummes helped inspire him to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi when he was elected pope.
Pope couldn’t go to Congo, but Congolese in Rome pray with him for peace
Members of the Congolese community in Rome provided the music, did the readings in Swahili and French and offered the intentions in Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili, Tshiluba and Italian.
Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agency
Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election.
March for Life will continue until ‘abortion is unthinkable,’ says official
When the Supreme Court ruled June 24 that there is no constitutional right to abortion, the historic decision came a day before what would have been the 98th birthday of Nellie Gray, founder of the March for Life.
Ruling on private school funding prompts new interest in Blaine amendments
The June 21 Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin declaring that a Maine tuition aid program excluding religious schools was unconstitutional resurrected interest in what are known as Blaine amendments.
Archbishop, Ukrainian president call missile strikes on mall terrorist act
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.”
Brazilian ‘tapete’ greets Corpus Christi procession
"This tradition, the main purpose of it is to honor Christ."