IMAGE: CNS photo/Colin Hackley, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Rep. Francis Rooney, a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, cautioned that offshore drilling for oil in Florida’s coastal waters would endanger the state’s tourism-based economy should a major spill occur. The Republican congressman from Florida also said during …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The fruitful friendship and dialogue between Jews and Christians must go beyond the world of experts and academia, Pope Francis said. "It would be wonderful, for example, if in the same city rabbis and parish priests could work, together …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must not take advantage of God’s forgiveness — selfishly repeating sin after sin — because God’s wrath for those who refuse to change their ways is just as great as his mercy, Pope Francis said in a morning …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jorge Duenes, Reuters By David Agren EL PASO, Texas (CNS) — Bishops from Texas and Mexico called for a solidarity with migrants as a Catholic response to the national emergency declared at the U.S.-Mexico border. They also questioned if the emergency — declared by U.S. President Donald Trump …

IMAGE: CNS photo/David Agren By David Agren SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (CNS) — Standing in the shadow of the fence separating the United States and Mexico, Bishop Mark J. Seitz pulled out the photos of two migrant children, Jakelin Caal, 7, and Felipe Gomez Alonzo, 8, two migrant children who …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Yaraara Nardi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The holiness of God is a power that is constantly expanding and will defeat all evil once and for all, Pope Francis said. "Evil’s days are numbered," the pope said Feb. 27 during his weekly general audience. "One …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Daniel Pockett, AAP images via Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The day Australian Cardinal George Pell was jailed in Melbourne after being found guilty of child sexual abuse, the Vatican announced his case would be investigated by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. …

By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis and top officials of the Roman Curia will leave the Vatican March 10-15 for their annual Lenten retreat, the Vatican confirmed Feb. 26, but it did not announce who the retreat leader would be. And, as is customary when first publishing the pope’s …

By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Senate in an evening vote Feb. 25 failed to pass a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to require that babies born alive after an abortion be given medical attention and "the same protection of law as any newborn." The Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Erik Anderson, AAP images via Reuters By MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) — An Australian court found Cardinal George Pell guilty on five charges related to the sexual abuse of two 13-year-old boys; sentencing is expected in early March, but the cardinal’s lawyer already has announced plans to appeal the …