U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman on the Observance of World Refugee Day
June 21, 2021
For the last twenty years, World Refugee Day (June 20) has been observed annually in the United States and around the world to increase awareness… Read More
Bishop Chairmen Welcome Supreme Court Decision Protecting Freedom to Serve
June 21, 2021
Three chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) responded to yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, Fulton v. City… Read More
Pope renews call for peace in Myanmar
June 21, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on the international community to come to the aid of the people of Myanmar who continue to suffer… Read More
Pope welcomes prisoners to Vatican before they tour museums
June 21, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Arriving at the Vatican early in morning, a dozen inmates from Rome’s Rebibbia prison brought a basket of breads they had… Read More
Catholic school principal follows father’s path in same job at same school
June 19, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Harold Thomas Jr., principal of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Academy in Washington, walks the halls of his school, he is walking… Read More
Luca
June 18, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) — While it does nothing to solve the perennial problem for real-life parents that obedient children rarely have adventures, director Enrico Casarosa’s… Read More
UPDATE: Bishops vote to draft teaching document on the Eucharist
June 18, 2021
The U.S. bishops approved by a wide margin a plan to draft a document to examine the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of… Read More
EU bishops criticize report for stance on abortion, conscience clauses
June 18, 2021
BRUSSELS (CNS) — The bishops of the European Union, while applauding a proposed EU report on expanding the access of all women to adequate health… Read More
Ruling seen as victory for children, foster parents and religious liberty
June 17, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — As a consequence of the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling June 17 in Fulton v. Philadelphia, faith-based and other agencies across the… Read More
Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic agency in foster case
June 17, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from… Read More
