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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience. “We cannot remain as unengaged spectators; rather, we must listen with our…
WASHINGTON – This Labor Day, “let us foster an economy that values the God given dignity of each person,” said Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in a statement released ahead of Labor Day (Sept. 7). Echoing Pope Leo XIV in Magnifica humanitas,…
CASTEL GANDOLFO (CNS) — Whatever the injustice or injury, do not revert to hatred or violence, Pope Leo XIV told the faithful, because only love, hope, forgiveness and respect will protect and promote human dignity. “We are in such need of life, hope, serenity and peace — within ourselves, in our cities and among people…
WASHINGTON – “I exhort the international community to mobilize greater humanitarian assistance support for vulnerable families and communities in Nepal,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, commenting on the deadly flashfloods in Nepal. Bishop Zaidan’s statement follows: “As we learn more about the devastating flashfloods in…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and silent spectators,” Pope Leo XIV said. “The faithful ‘cannot and must no longer remain…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic vision and culture of love and mercy must overcome the false narratives that create enemies and convince people and nations to “re-arm” in a “culture of power,” Pope Leo XIV said. “Let us, then, together free our lives from suspicion, culture from arrogance, education from ideology, work from the…