Brood X cicadas don’t bug this Ohio Catholic university cicada expert

May 20, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — That loud buzzing and clicking sound across 15 states and the District of Columbia this spring — from the emergence of billions… Read More

Spanish bishops denounce exploitation of migrants amid crisis

May 20, 2021

ROME (CNS) — The Spanish bishops’ conference expressed concern that migrants were being used to exert political pressure after a sudden influx of migrants in… Read More

UPDATE: High Court orders jailed Indian Jesuit to hospital for evaluation

May 19, 2021

MUMBAI, India (CNS) — The High Court in Mumbai order prison authorities to take an ailing 84-year-old Jesuit to the hospital, as it heard his… Read More

Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record

May 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A congressional panel, during a May 18 hearing, weighed the possibility of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing… Read More

Several U.S. dioceses set Pentecost as time to fully reopen

May 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Many Catholic dioceses and archdioceses across the country — which closed their parish doors for a time at the start of the… Read More

Indian priests in Arkansas worry about family as COVID-19 ravages homeland

May 19, 2021

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — Father Aby Abraham, associate pastor of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock, chats by video daily with his… Read More

Perseverance is necessary for prayer, pope says

May 19, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Those who overcome distractions or obstacles when praying learn the value of perseverance in times of trial, Pope Francis said. “True… Read More

Kentucky group provides rosary-making supplies locally, globally

May 18, 2021

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) — From a low brick building on a commercial stretch of highway in Louisville, Our Lady’s Rosary Makers packages enough beads and… Read More

Catholic college graduations, like the academic year, have made changes

May 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic college graduation ceremonies — like everything else this past year — look different. But they are primarily happening in-person unlike last… Read More

Grant connects CUA grad students with NASA in cutting-edge research

May 18, 2021

Growing up in Brazil, Stela Ishitani Silva had an early curiosity about exploring the heavens. As a teenager, her interest morphed into how the universe… Read More