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Bishop criticizes ‘faith-filled’ Catholics who spread fear of Muslims
IMAGE: CNS photo/Irish Catholic By DUBLIN (CNS) — An Irish bishop has criticized Catholics who identify as "faith-filled" while spreading fear and mistrust of immigrants, particularly those who are Muslims. Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin, chairman of the Council for Life of the Irish bishops’ conference, told The Irish Catholic …
Catholic social teaching guides advocates in push for a ‘moral’ budget
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — The White House delivered a record $4.75 trillion "Budget for a Better America" for fiscal year 2020 to Congress March 11 and it continued a defining trend to boost military spending and border security while making deep cuts in …
To protect Earth, change lifestyles, say church, indigenous leaders
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Guatemalan Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini said he notices when he visits family in the U.S. that almost anywhere he goes, the lights seem to be on — even in the daytime, even if there’s enough natural light to illuminate a space. …
Polish cardinal, St. John Paul’s aide, defends pontiff’s record on abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — A close aide to St. John Paul II has vigorously defended the late pope’s handling of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and denied accusations that he ignored the problem during his 27-year pontificate. "Emerging opinions that John …
Panel: Policies to empower women must protect femininity, human dignity
IMAGE: CNS photo/Thomas Mukoya, Reuters By Beth Griffin UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Women should not be required to divest themselves of femininity to achieve empowerment and gender equality, according to panelists at a March 19 event at the United Nations. Women’s dignity and distinctiveness also must not be sacrificed to …
Theologian supports declaring St. Romero ‘doctor of the church’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America said he supports an effort to declare St. Oscar Romero a doctor of the Catholic Church. During a March 18 livestream of an event celebrating the Salvadoran saint canonized in …
Update: As cyclone slams Africa, churches, aid agencies coordinate response
IMAGE: CNS photo/Josh Estey, Care International via Reuters By Bronwen Dachs CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — Two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Zimbabwe are among the more than 300 people killed in the aftermath of a cyclone that slammed into Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi in mid-March. Officials …
God’s will is clear: to seek out, save humanity from evil, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians have faith in a God who wants to and is able to transform the world, conquering evil with good, Pope Francis said. That is why "it makes sense to obey and abandon oneself" to God and his will, …
Pope in Morocco: Highlighting Catholic-Muslim ‘dialogue of solidarity’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis wanted to go to Morocco in December to draw attention to the need for international cooperation in assisting migrants and in alleviating the situations that force people to seek a better life outside their homeland. Protocol dictated that …
Templeton Prize winner believes science, spirituality are complementary
IMAGE: CNS photo/Eli Burakian, Dartmouth College By WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (CNS) — A Dartmouth College cosmologist and theoretical physicist, who considers himself a religious agnostic even though he has devoted his career to examining link between science, philosophy and spirituality in exploring the mystery of creation, is the 2019 Templeton …