MARSEILLE, France (CNS) -- The real evil plaguing communities and countries is not the growing number of problems, but the collapse of care, Pope Francis said at a major meeting discussing the challenges and opportunities of the dozens of countries circling the
MARSEILLE, France (CNS) -- The world and the Catholic Church today need to take a leap forward "in faith, charity and hope," Pope Francis said in his homily at a late afternoon Mass in Marseille's open-air stadium. "We need to rekindle our
With some 15,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray with him, the pope said he was praying "for the victims of the fires that have devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui."
The official death toll from the fires had risen to
Mourning the "silent massacres" of innocent people who died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea seeking a better life elsewhere, the world must change its attitude toward migrants and those in need, Pope Francis said.
"The brother who knocks at the door deserves love,
Safe, organized, legal and sustainable migration is in the interest of all countries, Pope Francis wrote.
"If this is not recognized, there is a risk that fear will erase people's future and justify those barriers against which lives are shattered," he said in
While praising schools and universities that have developed education programs specifically for migrants and refugees, Pope Francis told them they also have work to do with their own students and staff.
"Every educational institution is called to be a place of welcome, protection,
Pope Francis' April 2-3 visit to Malta aims to encourage its people to extend their biblically recorded hospitality to thousands of migrants and refugees arriving along the same shores the famed apostle once trod. "I hope that the pope's visit to Malta
Catholic communities are invited to grow in the joy of encounter and to recognize the new life that migrants bring with them, Pope Francis said, marking the release of a Vatican document on ministering to migrants in a multicultural world. The "Pastoral
For four years, Eleuterio "Teyo" Hernandez-Ortiz has worked on a Vermont, dairy farm to help support his wife and four daughters in his hometown of San Jose Monteverde in southern Mexico.
It's tiring, hard and dangerous work, and for a long time Hernandez-Ortiz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis wanted to go to Morocco in December to draw attention to the need for international cooperation in assisting migrants and in alleviating the situations that force people to seek a better life outside their homeland. Protocol