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Pope says Fatima visit is pilgrimage of peace and hope

By OSV News | May 12, 2017 | 0 Comments

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a video message to the people of Portugal, Pope Francis said he would visit Fatima as a pilgrim of peace and to entrust the world to Mary’s immaculate heart.

Initial reaction to refugee ban ranges from concern to opposition

By OSV News | March 7, 2017 | 0 Comments

By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Within hours of President Donald Trump’s new executive order March 6 banning refugees from six majority-Muslim nations, Catholic and other religious groups joined secular leaders in questioning the wisdom of such a move, with others vowing to oppose it outright.

Pope: Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin

By OSV News | March 2, 2017 | 0 Comments

ROME (CNS) — Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said.

Philippine archbishop recalls deceased Cardinal Sin in time of upheaval

By Rowena Orejana | February 28, 2017 | 0 Comments

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Expressing concern about thousands of deaths in the nation’s so-called “war on drugs,” the president of the Philippine bishops’ conference has sought courage from a deceased cardinal whose influence helped overthrow a dictator in the mid-1980s.

#Ashtags: When posting Ash Wednesday photos, use your head

By Rowena Orejana | February 24, 2017 | 0 Comments

By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Ash Wednesday seems to offer contradictory messages. The Gospel reading for the day is about not doing public acts of piety but the very act of getting ashes — and walking around with them — is pretty public. This becomes even less of a … Read More about #Ashtags: When posting Ash Wednesday photos, use your head

Money, pride make people ignore God’s word, neglect others, pope says

By OSV News | February 8, 2017 | 0 Comments

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without making room for God’s word in their heart, people will never be able to welcome and love all human life, Pope Francis said. “Each life that we encounter is a gift deserving acceptance, respect and love,” the pope said in his message for Lent, which … Read More about Money, pride make people ignore God’s word, neglect others, pope says