ROME—Beginning the 40-day season of Lent, Pope Francis on Wednesday said this is a time to remember the lives “reduced to ashes” through war and indifference. He also said that this is not a time for...
Lent is a time to remove all distractions and bitterness from one’s life in order to better hear God and those who suffer silently and need help, Pope Francis said.
The Vatican was going ahead with plans for Pope Francis to celebrate the Ash Wednesday ritual kicking off the Catholic Church's Lenten season, but elsewhere in Italy Masses were canceled over fears...
By Angelo Stagnaro | It seems to have become fashionable again to believe that communism, of all things, is the answer to all of man’s woes. It is also common, in these circles, to insist that the...
By Solène Tadié | ROME — The new challenges facing the West four decades after the decisive alliance between Pope John Paul II and U.S. President Ronald Reagan to defeat communism were...
By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA. | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday that he is praying for the people of Iraq, and repeated his desire to visit the country. Speaking to pilgrims from the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gina Christian, catholicphilly.com By Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Jim Brady can look at his wife, Amanda, and know when she's had a long day, one she might not want to...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) -- Ashes not only symbolize humanity's frail mortality but are also a reminder of God's infinite love of people, whom he created from...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- By blocking two pro-life bills from going to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote, senators "failed to advance two critical human rights...