IMAGE: CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The fast-paced nature of the digital age can cause young men and women to focus more on capturing moments for their social media rather than experiencing them, Pope Francis told Catholic young people. Both young people …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The month of March is usually when tourists flock to the Eternal City after the cold winter months and pilgrims come to pray at many holy sites during the Lenten season. With news of the growing number …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike Crupi By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A lack of faith and a misunderstanding of marriage can mean no sacramental marriage occurred, even if both the husband and wife had been baptized, said a new document. The International Theological Commission, whose members are appointed by the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — In oral arguments March 4, the Supreme Court justices expressed mixed views about a Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and if the abortion providers have the legal standing to challenge the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register By NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — The historic Church of the Assumption in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood was one of a number of churches and other buildings that suffered significant damage early March 3 when a tornado cut a swath of destruction through the city that …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Debbie Hill By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Middle East, which continues to face many hardships and challenges, needs the ongoing support of Catholics around the world, a Vatican official said. "Long and exhausting wars continue to produce millions of refugees and strongly influence the future …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has a common cold and has no symptoms that could be attributed to another illness, the Vatican said. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, released a brief statement March 3 in response to reporters’ …

IMAGE: Harald Oppitz/KNA By MAINZ, Germany (CNS) — Limburg Bishop Georg Batzing, 58, regarded as an advocate of reforms in the Catholic Church, was elected president of the German bishops’ conference, succeeding Cardinal Reinhard Marx, 66. The German Catholic news agency KNA reported that at the first news conference after …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying he wanted to renew his "urgent call to respond to the ecological crisis," Pope Francis asked Catholics around the globe to participate in the international observance of "Laudato Si’ Week" May 16-24. Sponsored by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting …

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After receiving a request from Mexico’s bishops for assistance in handling cases of the abuse of minors, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is sending its top abuse investigator to Mexico. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of …