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Bishops to support Filipino workers affected by falling oil prices
The bishops said they would intensify their pastoral programs for overseas Filipino workers, "reaching out to them through chaplains and to their families through the parishes," said Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga.
Phila. Boy Scout honored for rescue of drowning toddlers
Last summer Robert Ritchie, a third grader at St. Matthew School in Northeast Philadelphia, swam into the diving well of a pool to save a 3- and 4-year-old. The Boy Scouts of America awarded him the Medal of Merit.
In Mexico, pope urges smart laws, personal commitment to stronger families
Pope Francis said he preferred "a wounded family that makes daily efforts to put love into play" over a society that is "sick from isolationism" and "afraid of love." He spoke Feb. 15 to a boisterous audience of families southern Mexico and Guatemala.
At El Paso church, people pray day and night for pope in Mexico
"Every day since the pope arrived in Mexico, in the morning and evening, we pray the rosary for his intentions -- for mercy, peace and for his protection," said Raquel Garay Williams, a member of the parish council.
‘Tatic Francis’ affirms Mexico’s indigenous people in visit to Chiapas
"You have much to teach us," he told the elders, activists and simple faithful gathered at a sports complex in San Cristobal de Las Casas, a city in Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state, and a center of advocacy and struggle for the indigenous rights.
Scalia dies at 79; was longest-serving justice on current Supreme Court
UPDATED - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died of apparent natural causes Feb. 13 while in Texas on a hunting trip, once said in an interview that while he took his Catholic faith seriously, he never allowed it to influence his work on the high court.
In crime-plagued Mexican periphery, pope preaches conversion
Pope Francis began his travels to Mexico by visiting an overcrowded, sprawling settlement known internationally as a hunting ground for girls to force into prostitution and for boys to enlist in the drug trade.
At children’s hospital, pope prescribes ‘kindness therapy’
The pope arrived ahead of schedule to the Federico Gomez children's hospital in Mexico City after a visit to Ecatepec, just north of Mexico City. First lady Angelica Rivera and 38 young cancer patients welcomed him to the hospital's oncology ward.
Pope Francis tells Mexican bishops to speak out on tough issues
Pope Francis demanded forceful denunciations of drug violence in Mexico from the country's bishops, who have made timid statements on a tragedy that has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past 10 years.
Pope makes long-awaited visit to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico
Laying a bouquet of yellow roses in front of the image, Pope Francis sat in prayerful silence with eyes closed and head bowed. After roughly 20 minutes, the pope stood up, laid his hand on the image then spoke to 12,000 people in the basilica, with another 30,000 watching on screens outside.