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.
College students bring support for Clean Power Plan to Congress
The students were in the U.S. Capitol Aug. 4 learning about the Clean Power Plan from representatives of the Catholic Climate Covenant, the Franciscan Action Network, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
Don’t be afraid or ashamed to go to confession, pope says
"There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the immensely merciful Father," Christ's vicar on earth said.
CRS strengthens civil society groups in fractured Lebanon
Catholic Relief Services and certain groups within the countries it serves are beginning to see fruits of its capacity-building program designed to enhance their ability to identify and meet development challenges.
Cardinal Dolan in op-ed criticizes Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric
In an op-ed piece published July 29 in the New York Daily News, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York took issue with the anti-immigrant rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump without explicitly naming him.
Serra’s legacy complicated by practices, conflicts of his time
People with ties to the California mission system see the canonization of its founder as a moment for reflection and reconciliation with native people.
