VATICAN CITY (CNS) – When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children. In his documentary “Francesco”, director Evgeny Afineevsky presented the … Read More about Transcript shows Pope’s distinctions between same-sex marriage, civil unions
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Bishops: Pope remarks on civil unions won’t change Church teaching on marriage
CLEVELAND (CNS) - Pope Francis' expression of ... Read More about Bishops: Pope remarks on civil unions won’t change Church teaching on marriage
Pope has history of defending marriage, but being open to some civil unions
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope ... Read More about Pope has history of defending marriage, but being open to some civil unions
Vatican reaffirms, clarifies Church teachings on end-of-life care
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - With the legalisation of ... Read More about Vatican reaffirms, clarifies Church teachings on end-of-life care
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Prostitution is a horrendous crime that reduces vulnerable women to tortured slaves who are at the mercy of their clients, Pope Francis said. All people of goodwill have a duty to help vulnerable women and other victims of human trafficking escape from forced sexual slavery, the … Read More about Pope: Prostitution is ‘disgusting vice’ that tortures defenseless women
DUBLIN (CNS) — An Irish bishop has criticized Catholics who identify as “faith-filled” while spreading fear and mistrust of immigrants, particularly those who are Muslims.
PANAMA CITY (CNS) — Although Mary would not be considered an “influencer,” like many social media personalities, she still became the most influential woman in history by trusting “in the love and promises of God, the only force capable of making all things new,” Pope Francis told young people at … Read More about Like Mary, be ‘influencers’ for God, pope urges at World Youth Day vigil
By Rhina Guidos PANAMA CITY (CNS) — One thing is clear about World Youth Day 2019: This one is not focused on convening great masses of people, or the most influential or the loudest. Instead of highlighting the problems faced by youth in the world’s richest or most populous countries, … Read More about Marginalized take center stage at World Youth Day 2019
WASHINGTON (CNS) – An exchange between Catholic high school students and a Native American tribal leader in Washington on January 18 led to vilification on social media the following day, but the immediate accusations that the students showed racist behaviour have been dialled back as more details of the entire … Read More about Alleged racism confrontation in US more complex than first portrayed
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Three members of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals have officially ended their service as papal advisers on the reform of the Roman Curia
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