VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With Advent coming during an ongoing pandemic, Christians are called to hold on to hope and foster a season of compassion and tenderness, Pope Francis said. During Advent this year, too, ...
Pope Francis told young people that, with Jesus, people can find the courage to swim against the current, to be free and authentic, and to stand up for their dreams and ideals of truth, love, ...
The National Catholic Youth Conference had barely begun by mid-afternoon Nov. 18, but already the hallways of the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis were coming to life with excited, silly-hat-wearing teens from around the country. Not ...
Pope Francis praised and encouraged young climate activists in their efforts to build a more fraternal society that cares for the environment. "There must be harmony between people, men and women, and the environment. We are ...
At least 10 U.S. Catholic bishops have signed a statement supporting the Tyler Clementi Foundation in standing up for at-risk LGBT youth in the United States and speaking out against bullying directed at them. "As we ...
Katie Prejean McGrady shares the journey of her grandmother’s conversion to the Catholic faith. Katie writes, “Raised by a Methodist preacher, she swam the Tiber with my reverted-to-the-Faith grandfather and became the most devoted, passionately ...
One present young people should ask for this Christmas is words of wisdom from older people they know, a Vatican dicastery said. "Today, in the difficult circumstances of a Christmas still overshadowed by the pandemic, we ...
Young people today should not waste their lives dreaming of obtaining trivial things that provide only a fleeting moment of joy but aspire to the greatness God wants for them, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass on ...
Young Catholics are giving the church a valuable lesson in the real meaning of "synodality," Pope Francis wrote. "They have asked us in a thousand ways to walk alongside them -- not behind them or ahead ...
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Pauline Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble writes that she “learned more about racism in my time as a punk rock atheist than I ever did as a Catholic.” She ...
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