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People can call Jesus at any moment; he is always there, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone has a direct line to Jesus, who is always nearby, ready to listen and help, Pope Francis said. "Jesus likes to see the truth of our heart. Don’t pretend in front of Jesus. With Jesus, always say what you …
Catholic University students vote to block porn
By Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Apr 5, 2019 / 02:20 pm (CNA).- Students at The Catholic University of America have asked the administration to ban the top 200 pornography websites from its internet system. The call came in a petition and resolution passed by the university’s Student Government Association and …
Museum of the Bible receives grants for big exhibit on science and faith
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Jacob Comello WASHINGTON (CNS) — From the 17th-century ban by the Vatican of Copernicus’ mathematical calculation that the sun was at the center of the solar system to modern-day arguments about evolution’s compatibility with a belief in God, science and faith have regularly butted heads …
Nation has gone down ‘dark road,’ needs ‘light of Christ,’ says bishop
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Mickle, The Catholic Virginian By Joseph Staniunas RICHMOND, Va. (CNS) — An estimated 7,000 people, including busloads from the Richmond and Arlington dioceses, converged on the state Capitol April 3 in Richmond for the first Virginia March for Life. On a cool, sunny day, schoolchildren, college students, …
Pope asks anti-trafficking nun to write Way of Cross meditations
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has asked an Italian nun, who has been on the frontlines in the fight against human trafficking, to write this year’s Way of the Cross meditations. Consolata Sister Eugenia Bonetti, 80, will prepare the texts for the …
To help Syrian refugees, get to roots of war, Melkite archbishop tells EU
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Melkite Catholic diocese of Furzol, Zahle and the Bekaa in Lebanon By BRUSSELS (CNS) — Aside from humanitarian assistance for Syrian refugees and concrete efforts to help them return to their homeland, the international community should work toward eradicating the roots of wars and violence, an archbishop …
Honoring saints can heal body, soul, says priest leading relics tour
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ed Koskey Jr., The Catholic Spirit By Anthony Salamone MIDDLESEX, N.J. (CNS) — Father Carlos Martins preaches that for Catholics to reach heaven, they must possess forgiving hearts, participate in the sacraments and live their Christian identities to the fullest. The priest, a member of the Companions of …
People should not fear difference, but division, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — No one should be afraid that God has allowed there to be different religions in the world, Pope Francis said. "But we should be frightened if we are not doing the work of fraternity, of walking together in life" …
People of faith seen as key to creating more humane correctional system
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Oregon Department of Corrections By Katie Scott PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Prisons should be places where punishment is the absence of freedom and community, but where "everything else models life on the outside to every degree possible" and prisoners are treated with dignity, according to the director …
Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is "holy ground" that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation. "Christus Vivit" ("Christ Lives"), …