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Religious minorities need protection, says top Vatican official
By Matt Fowler VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The “revolting reality” of recent wars shows just how urgent it is that the international community act to protect religious minorities in situations of conflict, a top Vatican official told the U.N. General Assembly. “As all of us have seen, in the last …
Martyred priest ‘always served those most in need,’ says Guatemalan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Steve Sisney, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City By Tony Gutierrez OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) — Wearing a red and black traditional Guatemalan shirt that had belonged to martyred U.S. priest Father Stanley Rother, Ronald Arteaga traveled from his village of Santiago Atitlan to witness the Sept. 23 beatification of the …
Worst sin is doubting God waits for all sinners to convert, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The worst sin of all is not trusting in God’s infinite love and not believing that God is always waiting for his sinning children to return to him, Pope Francis said. “He is always at the door, waiting …
Group issues what it calls ‘filial correction’ of pope’s teaching
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Several dozen priests, scholars and writers have published what they described as a “filial correction” of some of Pope Francis’ teachings about marriage — particularly about access to the sacraments for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. The best-known name among the signatories is …
Blessed Rother ‘an authentic light’ for church and world, says cardinal
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Crenshaw, Eastern Oklahoma Catholic By OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) — The martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Francis Rother “fills us with sadness but also gives us joy to see the kindness, generosity and courage of a great man of faith,” Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ …
Agencies, host countries tackling needs of growing number of refugees
By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) — Humanitarian organizations and host countries struggle to develop new ways to address both immediate and long-term needs of an unprecedented number of people who have fled conflict situations around the globe, according to panelists at a Sept. 21 aid agency forum in New …
President of U.S. Bishops Conference Statement on Hurricane Maria
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued the following statement on the impact of Hurricane Maria. The storm has devastated Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Dominica. Now downgraded to Category-3 winds, the storm is expected to bring more …
Bishops: Amend repeal bill to protect poor, keep ban on abortion coverage
By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) — The latest version of a Republican measure in the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act must be amended to protect poor and vulnerable Americans, said the chairmen of four U.S. bishops’ committees. “As you consider the Graham-Cassidy legislation as a possible replacement for …
‘They killed a man but created a saint,’ prelate says of slain priest
By Maria Wiering ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Retired Archbishop Harry J. Flynn was rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, when he got a call in 1979 from an old friend from the seminary, asking if he could visit for a week. That friend was Father Stanley …
Mercy can scandalize those who don’t see their own sin, pope says
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of St. Matthew, the anniversary of the day when as a 17-year-old he said he was overwhelmed by God’s mercy, Pope Francis said it was interesting how many Catholics today seem to be scandalized when God shows mercy to someone. …