Year of Saint Francis: ‘Indulgence is an encounter with God, not a spiritual shortcut’
The special Jubilee Year of Saint Francis proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV will take place from 10 January 2026 to 10 January 2027, on the...
Pope: Care for poor difficult but ‘integral part of Christian life’
Pope Leo XIV met on Monday with members of the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities USA, the American member of Caritas Internationalis...
Bishop, canonist: Gay unions among sins barring Communion
LEWISTOWN, Montana (25 Sep 2014) — The denial of Holy Communion to a same-sex couple who obtained a marriage license is in line with broader...
Conference discusses issues on faith, identity and cohesion
The International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) was held June 19 – 21 at the Raffles City Convention Centre.
Kindly lights in gloomy world: Pope declares five new saints
Those canonised at the Mass were: St John Henry Newman, the British theologian, poet and cardinal who died in 1890; Brazilian St Maria Rita Lopes Pontes, popularly known as Sister Dulce, who died in 1992; Indian St Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family, who died in 1926; St Marguerite Bays, a Swiss laywoman and mystic, who died in 1879; and St Josephine Vannini, the Italian co-founder of the Daughters of St Camillus, who died in 1911.
Pope: Catholic entrepreneurs must live out Church’s social teaching
Catholic business owners have both a grave responsibility and an opportunity to promote the Church’s social teaching in a difficult atmosphere, Pope Francis told young entrepreneurs Monday.