Para describir la manera en la que se puede erradicar el racismo, el cardenal Peter Turkson, de Ghana, presidente del Consejo Pontificio de Justicia y Paz, hizo una referencia, en un mensaje del 3 de marzo dirigido a la...
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Reconstrucción de iglesias en Haití continúa después de sosiego eleccionario
La reconstrucción de iglesias, escuelas y noviciados destruidos durante el terremoto en Haití en el 2010 está continuando después de breves paros laborales debido a protestas previas a las elecciones que a veces se han tornado...
Vatican statistics report increase in baptized Catholics worldwide
The number of baptized Catholics worldwide has grown at a faster rate than that of the world's population, according to Vatican statistics.
Pope pays homage to fidelity of Ukrainian Catholics, prays for peace
Paying homage to the suffering and martyrdom of Ukrainian Catholics who refused to give up their fidelity to the pope despite harsh Soviet repression, Pope Francis also paid tribute to the Eastern Catholics' efforts today to...
Vatican announces consistory to approve canonization of Mother Teresa
Pope Francis will preside over a consistory to approve the canonization of five men and women, including Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, the Vatican announced.
Pope: Missionaries of Charity killed in Yemen are ‘martyrs of charity’
The four Missionaries of Charity murdered March 4 in Yemen "are the martyrs of today," Pope Francis said. "They gave their blood for the church."
Massgoers urged to be open to Lord’s mercy, be ‘instruments of his mercy’
The "annual retreat" of Lent is the "opportune moment to re-establish the Lord" as the center of one's life and quiet time spent in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is a chance to really listen to what God is saying, Archbishop...
Artist’s religious, spiritual paintings have inspired people for decades
Arizona Artist Ted DeGrazia left behind a huge body of work, with religious and spiritual paintings that have been inspiring people for decades. Yet he was not a churchgoing man and thought he was not holy enough to paint for the...
24 Hours for the Lord
24 Hours for the Lord is an invitation from Pope Francis to all Catholics who wish to encounter Jesus Christ through reflection, prayer and penance. The parishes listed will keep their doors open for 24 hours offering the...
Committee calls attacks on Christians, others in Middle East ‘genocide’
The House Foreign Affairs Committee March 2 unanimously passed a bipartisan measure condemning as genocide the killing of Christians, Yezidis and other ethnic and religious minorities by Islamic State militants in the Middle East.