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Fr. Alejandro Moral, Prior General of the Augustinians and a long-time friend of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, tells Vatican News that the new Pope "immediately spoke of justice and peace and of bridges between all, of synodality."...
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Pope Francis had a big heart for Africa and Africans. He leaves behind a legacy of commitment to Africa’s quest for peace, social justice, and integral development. To crown it all, the Pope’s solidarity with African refugees and migrants, the poor, and the marginalised will live on....
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Religion divided the household. Chuluunbaatar, his 62-year-old wife, and their other daughter followed their traditional faith, while the other two practiced Catholicism. They told Chuluunbaatar that they changed their faith after experiencing a profound inner peace while praying in the cathedral. ...
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The messages coming in from world leaders and religious authorities following the death of Pope Francis demonstrate the universality of the Pope of the peripheries, who strove to be close to all as he headed the See of Peter....
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So let us go forth as witnesses to the resurrection—not only in word, but in life. Let us sow signs of spring even in winter. Let us walk with the Risen Christ and with one another, embracing our time and working toward the day when all shall truly be...
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Just over two years ago, Tom Andrews, a United Nations special rapporteur, raised the prospect of Myanmar as a “failing state” – a claim that angered the junta and its allies who had done their best to legitimse military rule....
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As the United States stops aid, Christian volunteers step up to counter a humanitarian crisis in Burma....
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The Church remembers Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus in a spiritual and sacramental way during Holy Week and the Easter Triduum, but some people actually experience the Passion in a tangible and personal way in their very lives. Among them are members of the immigrant and refugee...
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Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church's most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, who will be canonized on April 27....