Dr. Richard Scott / Photo Courtesy of Christian Concern
CNA Newsroom, Sep 30, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
A Christian doctor from Kent, United Kingdom, has appealed to Christians in professional life to “stand up and fight” after he faced investigat… […]
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, Sept. 28, 2022 / Pablo Esparza / CNA
CNA Newsroom, Sep 30, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Friday told young people to let their true beauty shine, the beauty that is a reflection of divine beauty.
In a message to participants in the Ursuline Global Education Compact, the pope said Sept. 30 that one could not educate “without leading a person to beauty, without leading the heart to beauty.”
“The beauty we are talking about is not turned in on itself like that of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own image and drowned in the lake in which he saw himself mirrored.”
Instead, Pope Francis told students he was speaking of the beauty that never fades because it is a reflection of divine beauty.
“The beauty that Jesus revealed to us is a splendor that communicates itself through action; a beauty that is embodied in order to be shared; a beauty that is not afraid of getting its hands dirty, of becoming disfigured in order to be faithful to the love of which it is made.”
Pope Francis told the students he wished them “a healthy restlessness” to be open and courageous like St. Ursula, the “little bear,” who dared to embark on a long journey with her companions and fearlessly faced attacks to the point of martyrdom.
Finally, Pope Francis said he hoped to see participants at next year’s World Youth Day in Lisbon, “which promises to be a great sign of hope and beauty for all the young people of the world.”
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Rome Newsroom, Sep 30, 2022 / 08:37 am (CNA).
After a break of over two months, the Vatican trial on financial corruption in the Secretariat of State continued this week with the interrogation of witnesses for the prosecut… […]
Same-sex wedding cake. / Sara Valenti/Shutterstock
Denver Newsroom, Sep 30, 2022 / 02:00 am (CNA).
The Archbishop of Utrecht has urged that the Flemish bishops be asked to withdraw their statement introducing blessing ceremonies for same-sex co… […]
“This Dust Was Once the Man,” wrote the poet Walt Whitman in 1871. Whitman was eulogizing President Abraham Lincoln, who had died just six years before. In his poem, he acknowledged what we all know: […]
Saint Jerome Writing, a painting by Caravaggio, dated to 1605–06. Public domain. / null
St. Louis, Mo., Sep 30, 2022 / 01:00 am (CNA).
Most people know that St. Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on Sept. 30 — is … […]
Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in Rome on Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
CNA Newsroom, Sep 29, 2022 / 22:07 pm (CNA).
A Vatican cardinal has defended himself against an accusati… […]
Christopher Shannon is too modest. In his introduction to American Pilgrimage, he concedes that his telling of the American Catholic story is “selective” and that “many comprehensive histories of the material I cover already exist […]
Female student athletes prepare to take their case for fairness in sports to court Thursday. / Alliance Defending Freedom
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 29, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Four female student athletes are at the center of an ongoing cas… […]
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Denver Newsroom, Sep 29, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
The Biden administration’s proposal to force hospitals and doctors to perform gender-transition surgeries is “misguided” and should be reconsidered, two cardi… […]
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