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Blurred lines: Vatican manipulation of photo becomes the story (commentary)
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Greg Erlandson WASHINGTON (CNS) — What was meant to be an intellectual tribute to Pope Francis has instead become the backdrop to the latest tempest over transparency and this pontificate. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, the Vatican publishing …
Human trafficking called ‘one of darkest, most revolting realities’ today
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lilian Muendo, courtesy GSR By Beth Griffin UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Mely Lenario quietly described her harrowing journey from ambitious, naive rural girl trafficked to hopeless, drug-fueled urban prostitute, through slow rehabilitation to a new life as an outreach worker. After she finished her story, hundreds of people …
It takes more than one ‘Our Father’ to ask for God’s help, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Praying for God’s intercession takes courage, dogged persistence and patience, said Pope Francis. “If I want the Lord to listen to what I am asking him, I have to go, and go and go — knock on the door and …
Twenty-Nine Men Gather for Discernment Retreat on Possible Vocations as U.S. Military Chaplains
West Coast gathering a part of ongoing effort to fill growing shortage of Catholic chaplains in the Armed Forces MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA— Twenty-nine men from three service branches of the United States Armed Forces will gather here this weekend for a March 15-18 discernment retreat aimed at helping them determine …
Irish-born religious recall leaving homeland to devote lives to U.S. kids
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jerri Donohue By Jerri Donohue BRECKSVILLE, Ohio (CNS) — When Sister Anne McCrohan said goodbye to her parents and most of her 10 siblings at a train station in County Kerry, she thought it was forever. At age 18, Sister McCrohan had agreed to go to America to …
National School Walkout is time of prayer for many Catholic schools
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Davis for the Flor By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — March 14, exactly one month since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students from around the country planned to walk out of their schools in protest of the nation’s gun laws for 17 minutes. The time …
Five years a pope: Francis’ focus has been on outreach
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope just a few days after telling the College of Cardinals that the Catholic Church faced a clear choice between being a church that “goes out” or a church focused on its internal affairs. …
Wonder and wit: Five years of Pope Francis’ unique turns of phrase
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A native-Spanish speaker who grew up with Italian-speaking relatives in Argentina, Pope Francis has a striking way with words. Bringing a background in literary themes and devices with him to the papacy five years ago, the pope has shown himself …
A small sampler of Pope Francis quotes
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his formal documents, many speeches and unscripted morning homilies the past five years, Pope Francis has given the church plenty of “food for thought” on many issues of great importance. Here are a baker’s dozen of quotes from the …
Retired pope says criticism against Pope Francis is ‘foolish prejudice’
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended the continuity of the church’s teaching under his successor and dismissed those who criticize the pope’s theological foundations. In a letter sent to …