by Tyler | Nov 24, 2019 | Asia, Catholic Church, Faith, Japan, Pope Francis, Pope in Asia, suicide, tokyo, Trending, Vatican
Pope Francis held up Japan’s climbing suicide rate among the young as a sign of “loneliness, despair and isolation” in his first address in that country Saturday.
by Tyler | Nov 4, 2019 | Catholic Church, Faith, immigration, Italy, London / Europe, Pope Francis, San Severo, Trending, Vatican
Pope Francis expressed vocal gratitude Sunday to a town in southern Italy that has allowed the Catholic Church to register migrants as parish residents so they can obtain legal documents.
by Tyler | Nov 3, 2019 | Bishop Mark Seitz, Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Mass, Catholic Church, Donald J. Trump, El Paso, immigration, Politics, Trending
Bishops from the U.S. and Mexico held a highly political Mass at the border separating their two countries on Saturday morning, insisting in a statement that “there is no ‘us’ and ‘them.’”
by Tyler | Oct 15, 2019 | Bishop Mark Seitz, Border Wall, Catholic Church, Donald J. Trump, El Paso, Faith, immigration, Politics, Trending
The bishop of El Paso Texas, Mark J. Seitz, has published a blistering “pastoral letter” denouncing President Trump’s border wall as a “monument to hate” and a symbol of exclusion and racism.
by Tyler | Oct 8, 2019 | Amazon Synod of Bishops, Catholic Church, Environment, Faith, Indigenous people, Latin America, Pope Francis, Trending, Vatican
Pope Francis kicked off the long-awaited Vatican synod for the Amazon this weekend, urging in his opening address on Monday greater acceptance of the wisdom and culture of indigenous peoples and cultures.
by Tyler | Aug 12, 2019 | Africa, Catholic Church, Faith, immigration, London / Europe, Pope Francis, Trending, Vatican
Pope Francis said that it is a “Christian duty” to welcome migrants, insisting that doors should be opened to them rather than closed.
