Tag: Pope Francis

By Woodeene Koenig-Bricker Our lives have knots that can seem impossible to untie: marriage troubles, money problems, unemployment, illness, loneliness, fears and worries of all...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Even members of the most remote, smallest and poorest Christian communities are called to share the Gospel and to do so,...

ROME -- Traveling on an ITA Airways plane, Pope Francis set off on the longest foreign trip of his papacy. The plane carrying the pope,...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- On a balmy day in Arlington, Carol Stilley walked through a garden created by members of the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish. Bees...

VATICAN CITY-- As immigration becomes an increasingly hot-button political issue in the United States and Europe, Pope Francis again underscored the moral weight of...

VATICAN CITY -- "Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched," Pope Francis said about...

VATICAN CITY -- When receiving the Eucharist, Catholics should respond with gratitude and awe that Jesus offers himself as nourishment and salvation, Pope Francis...

VATICAN CITY -- Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' trip to Asia and Oceania in September will be a trip of religious, economic and social contrasts. Visiting four nations...

VATICAN CITY -- Mary is not a "motionless wax statue," but a disciple who wants to share the good news of Jesus with everyone...