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June 2017

June 2

Trump's decision to abandon Paris climate pact called 'deeply troubling'

June 2, 2017

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's June 1 decision "not to honour the U.S. commitment" to the Paris climate agreement "is deeply troubling," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace.

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reinstate travel ban

June 2, 2017

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to break its losing streak in lower courts and revive President Trump's travel ban on immigrants from six predominantly Muslim nations.

As school year ends, Pope tells students: Don't fear goodbyes, unknown

June 2, 2017

VATICAN CITY – Life is a long series of hellos and goodbyes, so don't be afraid to let go of the past; remember old friends, but keep moving and be open to the new, Pope Francis told students as the school year was coming to an end.

Mali's first cardinal said to foster regional peace, understanding

June 2, 2017

OXFORD, England – Cardinal-elect Jean Zerbo of Bamako, Mali, the first from the western Africa nation, will use his position to ease the multiple crises facing sub-Saharan regions, an aide said, despite new media accusations linking him to a financial scandal.

Catholic organizations decry U.S. decision to abandon Paris climate accord

June 2, 2017

WASHINGTON – Catholic leaders said President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change agreement snubs the needs of impoverished people around the world and eschews responsibility to begin addressing the causes of global warming.

Matching fund offers chance to save lives in famine-ravaged countries

June 2, 2017

There are 20 million people on the edge of starvation in just four countries and Development and Peace thinks we should do something about it.

June 3

Cloistered nuns turn to Facebook to ensure order's survival

June 3, 2017

ROME – For centuries they lived in isolation and silence.

40 per cent of major U.S. airports offer Sunday Mass, Pew study finds

June 3, 2017

WASHINGTON – Flying on Sunday and need a place for Mass? A recent study revealed that 40 per cent of major US airports have chapels offering Sunday Mass times for travellers and airport employees.

Trump administration to reverse Obamacare’s birth control mandate

June 3, 2017

WASHINGTON – True to its word, the Trump administration is moving to reverse Obamacare's requirement that most employers provide free coverage of birth control to their employees

Review: Wonder Woman

June 3, 2017

NEW YORK – Close to eight decades ago, William Moulton Marston – whose name seems more suited to a stodgy novelist than a writer of comic books – created Wonder Woman. In the years since, the character has, of course, become a staple for DC Comics.

10 years later, ’Summorum Pontificum’ hailed as instrument of unity

June 3, 2017

ROME, Italy – Ten years after Benedict XVI broadened access to the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, the document by which he did so is being hailed as a means of closing the rift of division following liturgical changes made after the Second Vatican Council.

Girl in chilling 1972 Vietnam War photo is now a Canadian peace ambassador

June 3, 2017

VANCOUVER – A famous photograph of a naked child running, screaming and covered with napalm burns captured the horror of the Vietnam War 45 years ago.

June 4

Restorers unveil frescoed chambers in the Catacombs of St. Domitilla

June 4, 2017

ROME – Under a mown hayfield, whose dried-out stalks crunch underfoot, lies the four-level labyrinth of the early Christian Catacombs of St. Domitilla.

Priest plants himself at popular music festival, goes viral on Reddit

June 4, 2017

NAPA, Calif. – What’s a good way to reach a lot of young people all at once?

Pilgrims by the thousands trek to Ugandan shrine to recall 22 martyrs

June 4, 2017

NAMUGONGO, Uganda – Walking more than 250 miles to keep a religious commitment is the least anyone can expect of Anna Aciro.

This is the first laundry with Down syndrome workers in Latin America

June 4, 2017

CONCEPCION, Chile – Three years ago the Church in Chile launched “Lavandería 21,” a new work inclusion project for people with Downs syndrome, whose results today far exceed what was hoped.

Former Lebanese Christian militia leader now works to build peace

June 4, 2017

BEIRUT – Assaad Chaftari, who once fought in the name of his Christian faith, is now working for peace alongside those who would have once been his enemies in the Lebanese civil war.

Msgr. Ambrose Sheehy’s 50 years of memories include helping Mother Teresa

June 4, 2017

Msgr. Ambrose Sheehy wanted to be a priest for as long as he could remember.

June 5

Pope's homily: Full text from Pentecost Mass

June 5, 2017

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in St. Peter’s Square. Below are the full text of his homily in its official English translation.

Pope's homily: Works of mercy means sharing suffering of others

June 5, 2017

Doing works of mercy doesn’t mean just giving coins to assuage our consciences. Rather, it means sharing in the suffering of others, even at personal cost to ourselves. That message was at the heart of Pope Francis’ homily on Monday morning at his regular Santa Marta Mass