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In Zika outbreak, contraceptives may be ‘lesser evil,’ pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO (CNS) — With physicians across Central and South American urging women to postpone pregnancy because of the Zika virus that causes birth defects, Pope Francis said using contraceptives could be a “lesser evil.” Holding a news conference Feb. …
Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight interview from Mexico to Rome
Vatican City — In his hour-long inflight news conference on his way from Juarez to Rome, Pope Francis touched on a wide range of hot-button topics, including immigration, pedophilia, the spread of the Zika virus and his meeting with Patriarch Kirill. In the 60 minute interview, the Pope answered 12 questions posed …
Cardinal, chaplain praise Scalia as man of faith, family and the law
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Phelan Wiechec By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s devotion to his Catholic faith and his family, and his dedication to serving the law and his country, make him a role model for public servants of all faiths, Washington Cardinal Donald W. …
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 …
Building walls to keep immigrants out is not Christian, pope says
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO — As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one’s country is un-Christian. Holding his customary in-flight news conference Feb. 17 after a six-day trip that ended at the …
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 …