With public rosaries, priest prays for peace, healing after shooting
April 15, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Father Paul Shovelain, pastor of St. John the Baptist in New Brighton, Minnesota, received the alert about a 7 p.m. Read More
Church in Haiti calls for national strike following violence, kidnappings
April 15, 2021
MIAMI (CNS) — In response to recent kidnappings of clergy and religious in Haiti and growing anarchy in the Caribbean nation, Catholic schools, churches and… Read More
Sponsor a gargoyle: New fundraiser launched for Notre Dame in Paris
April 15, 2021
A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a… Read More
U.S. Bishops Monitor Developments at U.S.-Mexico Border
April 14, 2021
The USCCB’s Department of Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) continuously monitors developments at the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as changes in U.S. immigration policy generally. Read More
Morning Star School Dedicates a State-of-the-Art Outdoor Fitness Area
April 14, 2021
By Fran Ruchalski A student makes it to the top of the climbing wall. (photo by St. Augustine Catholic/Fran Ruchalski) After years of dreaming, two… Read More
German legislators consider ending state payments to churches
April 14, 2021
BERLIN (CNS) — Germany’s lower house of Parliament is considering replacing state payments to the nation’s two largest churches. The Catholic and Protestant churches received… Read More
Catholic sculptor’s work to be part of COVID-19 memorial at Ohio hospital
April 14, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CNS) — In an announcement that marked the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercy Health — Youngstown and the Mercy Health Foundation… Read More
Faith is bolstered by prayer, not money, power, media, pope says
April 14, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without prayer, everything crumbles and any initiatives for church reform will just be proposals by some group and not the inspiration… Read More
Holocaust’s ‘righteous’ need to be remembered, too, survivor’s son says
April 13, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The number of Holocaust survivors is dwindling but so, too, are those “righteous Gentiles” who saved Jews who were almost certain to… Read More
Grandparents raising grandkids: A look at one grandfamily
April 13, 2021
By Roger Mooney, Step Up for Students Charles Sears recalled a conversation he had last winter with Stephanie Engelhardt, principal of Christ the King Catholic… Read More