Month: December 2024

Much-revered Mahatma Gandhi reminded Christian missionaries that “a life of service and uttermost simplicity is the best preaching” to people living in this part of the world.

En un mundo marcado por la incertidumbre de la guerra, la violencia y la división, el Adviento surge como una invitación a la esperanza y al silencio transformador. Hermanas católicas …

“You have become the light of our Church in the entire world,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told Gaza Christians Dec. 22 during a pre-Christmas visit aiming to bring the joy of the season to …

Victor Genina Cervantes, director of integral human development at Caritas Internationalis, the umbrella organization for national Catholic charities around the world, presented the campaign “Turn Debt into Hope” at a Vatican news conference …

President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he is commuting the death sentences of 37 men convicted of murder who will now serve life imprisonment sentences without parole.

WASHINGTON –  “These commutations are a significant step in advancing the cause of human dignity and respect for human life from womb to tomb in our nation,” said Archbishop Timothy …

There is no issue in American political life that is not leavened by an encounter with Catholic social teaching. The ability of Catholic thinkers to help the Democrats, however, is …

Environmental Christmas crèches are part of a growing trend among Catholic parishes in Vietnam, as a way to echo teachings of Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for …

Maureen O’Brien didn’t expect Fra Angelico’s “Visitation” to lead to her acceptance of her mother’s dementia. But in an intimate mother-daughter moment, the painting gave her strength and peace when …

Sisters all over the world share how Advent offers hope and needed silence after a year rife with uncertainty that follows war, violence and division.