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Synods should get more input from lay faithful, church experts say
IMAGE: CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An assembly of bishops at the Vatican should have more input from the lay faithful, said church experts attending a seminar hosted by the head of the Synod of Bishops. A renewed understanding of the role of …
‘No more death, no more exploitation,’ pope says at U.S.-Mexico border
IMAGE: CNS photo/David Maung By David Agren CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer safe shelter and passage that their actions and inhospitable attitudes were bringing about dishonor and …
In silence, pope remembers those who cross Mexican-U.S. border
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — At the border of Mexico and the United States, Pope Francis blessed a large cross in memory of all the people who have crossed the frontier. The pope said nothing Feb. 17, but he clasped his hands tightly in …
Stop slavery; negotiate wages, working conditions, pope urges Mexicans
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — God will hold humanity responsible for enslaving the poor and treating people as less important than profits, Pope Francis told Mexican workers and business leaders. “What kind of world do we want to leave our children?” the pope asked …
Pope tells Mexican prisoners society needs system of ‘social health’
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By David Agren CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — Pope Francis urged society to rethink its ideas of locking up inmates and throwing away the key, calling such an approach another symptom of the “throwaway culture” he often decries and “a symptom of a culture that has stopped …
Pope snaps at pilgrim who caused him to fall into boy in wheelchair
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mexican Government Televison pool via Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves MORELIA, Mexico (CNS) — Excitement turned potentially dangerous and elicited an angry snap from Pope Francis at a meeting with young people in Morelia Feb. 16. As the 79-year-old pope made his way to greet a boy in …
Scalia dies at 79; was longest-serving justice on current Supreme Court
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died of apparent natural causes Feb. 13 while in Texas on a hunting trip, once said in an interview that while he took his Catholic faith seriously, he never allowed it to influence his work …
Pope praises former U.N. secretary-general’s generous service to world
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike Segar, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis praised the “generous service” of the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and offered his condolences and prayers in the wake of his death. “Saddened to learn” of Boutros-Ghali’s death, the pope extended his …
Devil wants church resigned to violence; resist him, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden MORELIA, Mexico (CNS) — The devil loves Christians — especially priests and nuns — who are resigned to the violence and corruption around them, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass Feb. 16 at a stadium in Morelia, Pope Francis repeated his frequent call to priests, …
El Paso Diocese gets ready for rendezvous with Pope Francis
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Wallice J. de la Vega EL PASO, Texas (CNS) — Two days before Pope Francis’ main event in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the Diocese of El Paso was coordinating the final touches to its own two main papal events. While the Diocese of Juarez’s chancery was bustling …