Hong Kong bishop-designate: Dialogue good, religious freedom important
May 18, 2021
HONG KONG (CNS) — Bishop-designate Stephen Chow Sau-yan told Hong Kong media people must start with a sense of faith and not assume Beijing is… Read More
World Youth Day guidelines emphasize importance of diocesan celebrations
May 18, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The annual diocesan celebration of World Youth Day is an important event that emphasizes the role young people play in the… Read More
Justice remains elusive to survivors of Salvador’s Sumpul River massacre
May 18, 2021
LAS ARADAS, El Salvador (CNS) — The burble of water is the loudest sound most will hear along this lush patch of land near the… Read More
Papal Nuncio Presides Over Investiture for the Order of Malta
May 17, 2021
The Order of Malta Federal Association hosted His Excellency Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Papal Nuncio to the United States as the main celebrant for the… Read More
Washington cardinal leads worldwide rosary for end to COVID-19 pandemic
May 17, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory led a recitation of rosary May 17, imploring Mary to “entrust to her Son” all those affected… Read More
‘360-degree’ support from school keeps math teacher upright after tragedy
May 17, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — John Charles was teaching at De La Salle High School in New Orleans on Monday, March 8, when he received a… Read More
Pope appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children ‘unacceptable’
May 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The injury and death of so many innocent people, especially children, caused by escalating violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip… Read More
Pope names Jesuit educator bishop of Hong Kong
May 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has named Jesuit Father Stephen Chow Sau-yan, a native of Hong Kong and provincial of the Jesuits’ Chinese province,… Read More
UPDATE: U.S. climate envoy meets pope, speaks at Vatican conference
May 15, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis May 15, the day after giving… Read More
Making sense of the Communion debate
May 14, 2021
The famous Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor recounted in a letter the time she got in an argument with another famous writer, Mary McCarthy, over the… Read More
