Over the next several weeks, Global Sisters Report brings a sharper focus to the plight of refugees through a special series, Seeking Refuge, which follows the their journeys in an anguished world that is on the move.
The musical tells the story of one fictional Cuban boy, Pedro, and how he becomes Peter in America, using the historical backdrop of Operación Pedro Pan, one of the world's largest political exoduses of children.
The event, which the Chicago parish hosts annually, concluded with a 15-minute reading of the names of 147 young people under 21 who have been shot and killed in the city in the past year.
NCR Today: "Seeking Refuge" a special report from Global Sisters Report which follows the journeys refugees make: living in camps, asylum, resettlement and integration, and for some, deportation. In Chicago people of faith, celebrities rally of gun violence victims. Humanae Vitae at 50.
When Archbishop Luis Ladaria reaffirmed the ban on women's ordination, he claimed that the 'substance' of the sacrament made it impossible. This claim needs to be exposed for the fallacy it is.
Distinctly Catholic: If in previous years the Democratic establishment's desire for the milquetoast middle was unsuccessful, in the years ahead it is the height of foolishness.
After debate about the future of their voter guide the U.S. bishops opted to supplement rather than revise or issue a new document, resisting a push from a group of bishops who believed the current document is outdated.
All dictatorships begin the same way: media outlets are put in the hands of "unscrupulous" people who spread lies and weaken democracy, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis denounced using prenatal tests to determine birth defects that often lead to abortions, comparing it to the Nazi-era eugenics program that determined what lives were worth keeping.
The event, which the Chicago parish hosts annually, concluded with a 15-minute reading of the names of 147 young people under 21 who have been shot and killed in the city in the past year.
New Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto published a letter calling for weekly prayers for India, ahead of the 2019 general elections. Nationalists see a church attempt to divide the nation.
The country's Catholic bishops have joined a chorus of organizations, institutions and high-profile individuals urging the Trump administration to stop separating children from their parents.
In 2017, Americans lost over $900 million to fraud. Government and non-profit leaders say that the poor, elderly, African Americans, immigrants and those serving in the military are at an especially high risk.
Dan Misleh of Catholic Climate Covenant calls the declaration "an unprecedented effort by the U.S. Catholic community to step into the void" left by Trump's Paris exit announcement.
The world needs a new kind of leadership that believes in building up the whole human family and protecting the environment, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors.
Incremental changes to the U.S. bishops' guiding document on addressing sexual abuse of minors by clergy were approved June 14 during the prelates' annual spring assembly.
Book Review: How many contemporary Christians consider Adam and Eve as real persons, the first man and woman created by God, our first parents from whom we have all descended?
Book Review: The author's rich insights on lay spirituality, which are based on solid and prolonged field research, both in the U.S. and abroad, will prove extremely valuable, especially in our days when, under Pope Francis' pontificate, the reforms initiated by Vatican II seem to have another chance.
In 2017, Americans lost over $900 million to fraud. Government and non-profit leaders say that the poor, elderly, African Americans, immigrants and those serving in the military are at an especially high risk.
Scripture for Life: Trusting God's plan and timetable may ask more of us than all the things we might think we should or could do to make God's kingdom come.
The Peace Pulpit: Jesus is calling the whole of the human family to this because it's only through the whole of the human family that the work of Jesus can be carried out to drive away evil and to establish a community of love.
When Archbishop Luis Ladaria reaffirmed the ban on women's ordination, he claimed that the 'substance' of the sacrament made it impossible. This claim needs to be exposed for the fallacy it is.
All dictatorships begin the same way: media outlets are put in the hands of "unscrupulous" people who spread lies and weaken democracy, Pope Francis said.
The musical tells the story of one fictional Cuban boy, Pedro, and how he becomes Peter in America, using the historical backdrop of Operación Pedro Pan, one of the world's largest political exoduses of children.
Over the next several weeks, Global Sisters Report brings a sharper focus to the plight of refugees through a special series, Seeking Refuge, which follows the their journeys in an anguished world that is on the...
Kochi, India - With the help of the Kidney Federation of India, founded by Fr. Davis Chiramel, sisters in Kerala state, along with priests and one bishop, have donated a kidney, with recipients...
