Faith

Pope Francis: Prostitution is 'disgusting vice'

July 30, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Prostitution is a horrendous crime that reduces vulnerable women to tortured slaves who are at the mercy of their clients, Pope Francis said.

Cause for beatification of British missionary in Zimbabwe opens Sept. 5

July 29, 2019

MANCHESTER, England -- The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of a British missionary murdered after he refused to abandon his ministry to people with Hansen's disease during the country's civil war.

Angelus: Quick action needed to avoid more migrant deaths

July 29, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Days after rescue workers recovered the bodies of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis urged the international community to "act quickly" to prevent future tragedies.

Pope Francis calls for 'apostolate of prevention' to protect minors

July 23, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- Prevention is key in protecting minors from abuse, Pope Francis said.

'We need a habitat on the moon,' says former NASA flight director

July 20, 2019

HOUSTON -- Upcoming space travel plans need to include living on the moon, similar to scientific habitats in the Arctic and Antarctica, said Gene Kranz, NASA's former flight director.

Astronauts found God in space

July 20, 2019

I didn't realize there was a moon-landing Bible verse until my pastor mentioned it a few weeks ago.

Moon landing inspired a country and a career in aerospace engineering

July 19, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Retired Maj. Gen. Mike Wiedemer was an aerospace engineering and ROTC student at the University of Notre Dame in July 1969 when Apollo 11 launched and Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" by becoming the first man to walk on the moon.

Synod emphasizes church's mission to defend the vulnerable, cardinal says

July 18, 2019

VATICAN CITY -- The objective of the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is to highlight the need for religious, political and social leaders to come together and defend the dignity of indigenous men, women and children and an ecosystem that is crucial to the environment, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo.

Full text of Cardinal Müller's analysis on the working document of the Amazon synod

July 17, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 and 2017, presented an analysis with a series of objections and criticisms of the Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, of the Synod on the Amazon, to be held in Rome in October.

Cardinal Müller releases statement criticizing Amazon synod document

July 17, 2019

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- That the working document for October’s Synod of Bishops calls the Amazon region a source of revelation is a “false teaching,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller said Tuesday.