With children’s prayers nearby, bishops try to tackle immigration
June 2, 2021
MUNDELEIN, Ill. (CNS) — Prayers, the kind only a child can make, were on display on a table of pleas written by migrant children near… Read More
Plenary indulgence granted to post-pandemic pilgrims in Italy
June 2, 2021
ROME (CNS) — As COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease in Italy, the country’s bishops are hoping a new tourism initiative will attract would-be pilgrims. One… Read More
Hong Kong Masses remember Tiananmen Square protesters
June 2, 2021
HONG KONG (CNS) — The protesters killed in Tiananmen Square in mainland China on June 4, 1989, used to be remembered in Hong Kong with… Read More
Not a walk in the park: Synod journey requires listening, patience
June 1, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Today some think synodality is holding hands and going for a walk, having a party with young people or surveying opinions… Read More
Ecumenical service remembers victims of Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
June 1, 2021
TULSA, Okla. (CNS) — Ahead of a May 30 ecumenical prayer service to recall the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Bishop David A. Konderla said… Read More
U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Reacts to President’s Removal of the Hyde Amendment in Federal Budget
June 1, 2021
After the Biden Administration released its federal budget proposal today, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities,… Read More
Spirit Untamed
June 1, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) — Pedigree is important where horses are concerned, and the equine-themed animated adventure “Spirit Untamed” (Universal) comes with a multimedia lineage. It… Read More
Canadian Catholic leaders express sorrow over deaths of Indigenous children
June 1, 2021
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) — Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver said he was “filled with deep sadness” after learning of the discovery of the… Read More
Pope promulgates revised canon law on crimes, punishments
June 1, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A series of laws and procedures promulgated by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and, especially, by Pope Francis to protect children, promote… Read More
