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Synod working document: Young Catholics need church that listens to them

VATICAN CITY — Young Catholics are looking for a church that listens to their concerns, accompanies them in discerning their vocations and helps them...

Using women, trampling on their dignity is a sin, pope says

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VATICAN CITY — Exploiting women or treating them like objects is a sin against God, Pope Francis said. “There is a rage against women, terrible...

More than poetry

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Three adult children of a recently deceased woman were sitting with me planning the funeral. As we looked at options for the Gospel reading...

Living out the call to holiness

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In his newest apostolic exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad"), Pope Francis offers a road map for simple ways that everyday people...

Called to holiness: Taking the Incarnation seriously

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Christ's incarnation troubles some Christians. It almost always did. Today, as in past centuries, some find it difficult to accept the Incarnation fully. They doubt,...

Listen to those in need, pope says in World Day of...

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VATICAN CITY — How is it that God in heaven can hear the cries of the poor, but so many people watching or standing...

Vatican team returns to Chile to ‘ask forgiveness’ for clergy sex...

VATICAN CITY — Arriving on his second visit to Chile, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta said his mission to the country is a sign...

Biggest danger in life is fear, settling for less, pope says

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VATICAN CITY — The worst enemies in a young person’s life aren’t the problems they may face, Pope Francis said. The biggest dangers are being...

Pope shares childhood memories with Italian children

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told Italian schoolchildren that he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, “the most beautiful city in the world,” and...

Pope to oil execs: ‘No time to lose’ in switch to...

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VATICAN CITY — The world needs a new kind of leadership that believes in building up the whole human family and protecting the environment,...