Papal message for World Peace Day to focus on overcoming indifference
Selfishness and fear keep too many people ignorant of the suffering of others and prevent them from finding creative ways to express solidarity and to promote peace, said a statement from the Vatican's justice and peace office.
Teens say Steubenville conference inspires them, bolsters their faith
The first Steubenville Youth Conference to be held in New York drew 1,800 teenagers from around the country Aug. 7-9 to St. John's University in Jamaica in the New York borough of Queens.
Catholic mom trio sets out to furnish new residents with dignity
St. Benedict parishioners Joyce Petrowski, Lisa Campbell and Anita Buckel — plus Petrowski’s husband Greg stepping in as treasurer — formed Furnishing Dignity, a nonprofit that provides basic household goods to pre-screened clients that come through referrals from existing nonprofits.
Pope designates Sept. 1 as World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation
Like their Orthodox brothers and sisters, Catholics formally will mark Sept. 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis has decided.
Appeals court rules against N.Y. Catholic entities over contraceptives
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A seventh federal appeals court ruled Aug. 7 that there is no religious rights conflict with a process created for nonprofit religious organizations to get around a government mandate to provide coverage for contraceptives in employee health insurance.
Knights raising money, awareness of plight of Christians in Middle East at annual convention
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Christianity may be thriving around the world, but it is under severe attack and threatened with extinction in the Middle East,...
‘Footprints’ chronicles journey of local priest, men along Spain’s “Way of St. James” [VIDEO]
One year after 10 local Catholic men ventured to Spain, a documentary about their life-changing pilgrimage held a packed theater spellbound.
In Japan, U.S. bishop says USCCB will push for nuclear disarmament
For a long minute on a sunny morning, silence fell over the memorial park that commemorates the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city when a fireball ripped apart the skies.
Pope creates excharate for Syro-Malabar Catholics in Canada
The Vatican said about 9,000 faithful of the India-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Church live in Canada and are served by 15 priests, three of whom belong to religious orders.
Divorced and remarried are not excommunicated, pope says at audience
The 100th general audience of his papacy came following a summer break and had Pope Francis discussing how to care for those who, after the irreversible failure of the matrimonial bond, have undertaken a new union.
