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Service, not party affiliation makes a politician Catholic, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — What makes a politician "Catholic" is not party affiliation, but dedication to promoting the common good, particularly through listening to and empowering people who often are overlooked, Pope Francis said. "I invite you to live your faith with great …
Give up gossiping for Lent, pope suggests
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Lent is a good time to concentrate on fighting the urge to gossip about others and instead trying to correct one’s own faults and defects, Pope Francis said. Reciting the Angelus prayer at noon March 3 with pilgrims in St. …
Pope announces access to wartime documents in Vatican Secret Archives
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Declaring that the Catholic Church is unafraid of history, Pope Francis announced that documents in the Vatican Secret Archives relating to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII will be open to scholars in 2020. Researchers, particularly those interested …
Temporary Protected Status extended for nationals from four countries
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Bourg, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Department of Homeland Security has filed notice that it is extending Temporary Protection Status for foreign nationals from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan until Jan. 2, 2020. The notice, published in the Federal Register March 1, said the extension …
Robotics needs ethical guidelines, speakers say at Vatican meeting
By Liam McIntyre VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As robotics play an increasingly greater role in today’s world, their technological capabilities must not outpace ethical concerns, said a number of speakers at the Pontifical Academy for Life’s workshop on "Robo-ethics: Humans, Machines and Health." The two-day workshop, held during the academy’s …
Catholic’s deafness no obstacle to practicing a corporal work of mercy
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jennifer Neville, The Catholic Virginian By Jennifer Neville HAMPTON, Va. (CNS) — "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Those words from Chapter 4 of St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians are words by which Melanie Paul lives. Deaf since she was 12, Paul has …
A matter of taste: One writer’s deep dive into fast-food fish sandwiches
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Man does not live on bread alone. But on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent, he’d better not add meat to the menu. To help Catholics observe Lenten abstinence rules, any fast-food restaurant worth its salt — and sodium …
Faith community joins Florida congressman in opposing offshore drilling
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 …
Pope encourages joint community service by rabbis, parish priests
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 …
God’s wrath is just as great as his mercy, pope says
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 …