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Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, speaks during a news conference to talk about the work of the Santa Marta Group, an anti-trafficking initiative, at the Vatican Feb. 9. The international group of law enforcement and church workers fighting human trafficking met with Pope Francis Feb. 9. Also pictured are Cressida Dick, commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police Service, and Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

People need to recognize ways they tolerate human trafficking, pope says

Cindy Wooden
February 9, 2018
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Few people have considered how communities and nations actually tolerate and encourage human trafficking, particularly as it relates to prostitution, Pope Francis said.

Peter Rabbit, voiced by James Corden, appears in the animated movie "Peter Rabbit." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Sony Pictures)

Movie Review: ‘Peter Rabbit’

Joseph McAleer
February 8, 2018
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That rustling sound you hear is famed children’s author Beatrix Potter spinning in her grave, distressed at what has been done to her beloved characters in “Peter Rabbit” (Columbia).

Germain Grisez, a Catholic philosopher, ethicist and moral theologian, died Feb. 1 at age 88. Grisez, seen in an undated photo, was a retired professor who had taught for years at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md. (CNS photo/courtesy Mount St. Mary's)

Grisez called ‘remarkable man’ whose work was ‘utterly true to the faith’

Catholic News Service
February 7, 2018
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The late Germain Grisez, an influential Catholic philosopher, ethicist and moral theologian, was “a remarkable man” and a “very firm believer” whose faith “was unswervingly orthodox,” Jesuit Father Peter Ryan said Feb. 6.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, president of the German bishops' conference, celebrates Mass in 2017 during the opening of the annual meeting of Germany's bishops at the cathedral in Cologne. (CNS photo/Sascha Steinbach, EPA)

German cardinal urges pastoral care, but not ‘blessing’ of gay couples

Cindy Wooden
February 7, 2018
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The president of the German bishops’ conference urged priests to provide better pastoral care to Catholics who are homosexual, but he said, “I think that would not be right” when asked if he could imagine the Catholic Church blessing gay couples.

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