CRS unveils hunger awareness campaign amid pandemic
By Dennis Sadowski CLEVELAND — As tens of millions more people are at risk of acute hunger because of the global coronavirus pandemic, Catholic…
Papal academy fosters moral debate in AI development
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Given the huge impact technology and artificial intelligence will have on humanity and the environment, the Pontifical Academy…
COVID-19 is a call to live differently, pope says
VATICAN CITY — The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God’s judgment on humanity, but God’s call on people to judge what is most important…
Pope makes mini-pilgrimage outside Vatican to pray for end of pandemic
ROME — With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left the Vatican in a mini-pilgrimage to an icon and to…
Pope’s prayer to Mary during coronavirus pandemic
VATICAN CITY — Here is a Catholic News Service translation of the prayer Pope Francis recited by video March 11 for a special Mass…
Pope names Father Ramón Bejarano Aux. Bishop in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Thursday morning the Vatican announced the appointment by Pope Francis of Father Ramón Bejarano, a priest of the diocese of Stockton,…
Pope frustrated with reaction to his Amazon text
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that, like them, he is accused of not being courageous or not listening…
Pope shares his dreams for Amazon region, its Catholic community
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said he dreams of an Amazon region where the rights of the poor and indigenous are respected, local cultures…
Pope: Money from human trafficking stained with blood
VATICAN CITY — The hands of those who engage in human trafficking are stained with the blood of countless victims whose lives and dignity…
