IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was saddened after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico, the Vatican said. In response to journalists’ questions June 26, Alessandro Gisotti, interim …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To be part of a Christian community is to belong to a group of believers who shun selfishness and give witness to God’s love by loving and caring for one another, Pope Francis said. While modern society places …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Marcia per la Vita By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, saying it has become "more and more identified with the political program" of Steve Bannon. In a letter posted on his Twitter feed, Cardinal Burke said June …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — The archbishop of Havana said his predecessor, Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, is in stable condition, but his health has weakened and taken a downturn in recent days. "We have received in this archdiocese countless calls and messages …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — The president’s threats came and went in tweets, but priests, women and men religious, church-affiliated organizations and even some bishops from around the country were left trying to dampen the fear they sparked among immigrant communities of faith. Though …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Syriac Catholic patriarchate By Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT (CNS) — Faced with the migration of Christians from Syria and Iraq, Syriac Catholic bishops meeting in Lebanon for their annual synod called upon church members "scattered everywhere in the East and West" to cling to their faith with …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The president of the Australian bishops’ conference told his fellow bishops that it is "a time of humiliation" for Catholic Church leaders, but he is convinced that God is still at work. As church leaders continue to face the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jorge Duenes, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Immigration policies rolled out during the Trump administration have spread fear among immigrant populations in the U.S., but Catholic organizations and parishes have responded with renewed efforts focused on helping those groups, a new survey says. The Federal Enforcement …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Greg Erlandson ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CNS) — In a remarkably frank and detailed speech, the Vatican official heading the department charged with reviewing clergy sexual abuse allegations told an assembly of Catholic journalists that his investigators and the press "share the same goal, which is …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of preserving a historic cross-shaped memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland saying the cross did not endorse religion. The June 20 ruling reversed a lower court decision last year. "Although the …