IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Salesians By BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil. The priest was kidnapped in Aden, Yemen, March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Salesians By BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil. The priest was kidnapped in Aden, Yemen, March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of …

IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Faith is a continuing path of growth and maturity that cannot progress without the presence of temptations, Pope Francis told priests of the Diocese of Rome. How faith develops in “a man, in a priest” despite his flaws can be …

IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Faith is a continuing path of growth and maturity that cannot progress without the presence of temptations, Pope Francis told priests of the Diocese of Rome. How faith develops in “a man, in a priest” despite his flaws can be …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News By J.D. Long-Garcia LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The answer to society’s dysfunctions can be found in one person: Jesus Christ. That message is at the core of a new pastoral letter by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez — “For Greater Things You Were …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News By J.D. Long-Garcia LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The answer to society’s dysfunctions can be found in one person: Jesus Christ. That message is at the core of a new pastoral letter by Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez — “For Greater Things You Were …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Megan Crowley, a University of Notre Dame student born with a rare disease, was recognized by President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress. The president Feb. 28 acknowledged Megan Crowley, 20, who has Pompe …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Megan Crowley, a University of Notre Dame student born with a rare disease, was recognized by President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress. The president Feb. 28 acknowledged Megan Crowley, 20, who has Pompe …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time to say no to the …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time to say no to the …