MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Filipinos who live outside the country can offer Masses and prayers for their dead relatives on…
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Final resting place: Vatican releases instruction on burial, cremation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Professing belief in the resurrection of the dead and affirming that the human body is an…
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A Kiwi mercy missionary on wheels
NEWCASTLE, Australia (CNS) — After opening holy doors in Rome to begin the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has now pushed those…
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The complex truth about Hitchens’ faith explored
by NANCY ROBERTS When Christopher Hitchens died of esophageal cancer at the age of 62 in 2011, he was famous…
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Christians aren’t greater than God, must forgive as he does, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God wants people to be merciful, which means forgiving others and giving freely…
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