Catholic News Service

Vol. 46, No. 14
Aug. 25, 2016

-- The head of the Philippine bishops' conference, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, decries the extrajudicial killings that have occurred in that country since its new president took office.

-- Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta says Catholics must work for racial harmony and justice for every person if they truly want to honor the victims and communities who have "endured catastrophic acts of unprovoked violence" in recent months.

-- By officiating at a same-sex wedding Vice President Joe Biden created confusion over church teaching on marriage and the "corresponding moral obligations of Catholics," says the president of the U.S. bishops' conference and two bishops' conference committee chairmen.

-- In a Q-and-A with Polish bishops in Krakow, Pope Francis warns against an increasingly secularized and de-Christianized culture, gender theory and the idolatry of money while urging them to be close to their people and priests, and to help migrants.

-- Violence exists in all religions, including Catholicism, and cannot be attributed to just one, Pope Francis tells journalists on the plane returning to Rome from World Youth Day in Poland. 

-- People need to experience God's forgiveness and start learning how to forgive others, says Pope Francis during a visit to Assisi, Italy.

-- Retired Pope Benedict marks the 65th anniversary of his priestly ordination, saying that Pope Francis' goodness "has continually impressed me and greatly sustains my interior life."

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