"Create Hope by supporting Development and Peace’s campaign this year Stand for the Land: 'So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all' (Gal 6:9-10)."
On 8 February 2023, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following four pastoral letters on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Intended as a framework for local engagement with Indigenous Peoples, the letters are the fruit of many months of listening, encounter, and dialogue with them, including through Listening Circles, the Indigenous Delegation to the Vatican in April 2022, and Pope Francis’ Apostolic Voyage to Canada in July of the same year.
Though it may seem ironic that the Vatican should be launching its own shopping mall under a pope who’s a stern critic of the excesses of capitalism, there are some distinctive “Pope Francis” touches.
Pope Francis presided over a special penitential liturgy Friday, telling faithful to go beyond "the hypocrisy of appearances" and to humbly recognize their sins and failures and to ask God for his...
In a recent letter to Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Pope Francis recalled their historic meeting two years ago and urged greater collaboration among their communities in promoting peace and...
Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Monday took issue with a recent vote by the German bishops in favor of blessing same-sex unions, saying the move does not align with...
Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down.