Dallas Catholics, faith-based agencies pitch in to help migrant teens

March 23, 2021

DALLAS (CNS) — As federal officials announced that a downtown Dallas facility had been chosen to house up to 3,000 migrant teenagers starting the week… Read More

Mpact Offers Opportunities for Teens to Serve Community

March 22, 2021

By Mark Udry Annie Vaughn, 11, from San Juan Del Rio parish in Fruit Cove, fills a plastic bag with toiletries to distribute to the… Read More

Statement of U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Asian and Pacific Island Affairs on Discrimination Against the Asian Community

March 22, 2021

Following deadly shootings at three businesses in the greater Atlanta area this past week and the dialogue that has been ignited about other reported incidents… Read More

Catholic leaders speak out against violence targeting Asian Americans

March 22, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the days following the March 16 shootings in Atlanta that left eight people dead, including six Asian American women, protests and… Read More

U.S. cardinal sends needed gift to nuns in Havana: A host-making machine

March 22, 2021

In February 2020, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan embarked on a trip to Cuba at the invitation of the island-nation’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, causing… Read More

Conflict keeps people from farming, drives some to brink of famine

March 22, 2021

Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned. While the land… Read More

Lack of clean water puts billions at risk during pandemic, Vatican says

March 22, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More investment and action are needed to ensure people have access to clean and safe water for drinking and sanitation, said… Read More

Pope denounces Mafia’s exploitation of pandemic

March 22, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis condemned the way the Mafia is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic by taking advantage of those in dire economic circumstances. Read More

Bishop, Religious, Students and Teachers Celebrate Solemnity of St. Joseph

March 19, 2021

Bishop gives the homily at Mass. (photo by St. Augustine Catholic/Woody Huband) This year, the Solemnity of St. Joseph was made even more special… Read More

Josephite order elated by year dedicated to St. Joseph proclaimed by pope

March 19, 2021

BALTIMORE (CNS) — For the 50-plus years Father Donald Fest has been a Josephite, he has watched his Baltimore-based religious community unsuccessfully petition the Vatican… Read More