Pope, religious leaders call for better EU immigration policies

June 14, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the remains of a rickety boat, pulled from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, were enshrined as a memorial to… Read More

Texas city’s ordinance creating ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’ takes effect

June 14, 2021

LUBBOCK, Texas (CNS) — After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a Lubbock ordinance that declares the city a “Sanctuary for the Unborn,”… Read More

Kings Bay Plowshares activists keep focus on continuing witness for peace

June 14, 2021

CLEVELAND (CNS) — The days are long for Martha Hennessy as she waits in a Manchester, New Hampshire, halfway house to hear from federal prison… Read More

Italian priest concerned about the future of papal mission to Afghanistan

June 14, 2021

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNS) — The papal mission to Afghanistan faces an uncertain future as foreign military forces, led by the United States, carry out a… Read More

Philippine bishops welcome halt to mega-dam construction project

June 14, 2021

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has welcomed a decision by the country’s lawmakers to halt construction of a controversial… Read More

Webinar offers guidance on helping former women inmates reenter society

June 11, 2021

HOUSTON (CNS) — The founder of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’s program Angela House addressed a national webinar recently about what is needed most to help… Read More

Physical activity, sense of humor keep retired farmer fit, healthy at 93

June 11, 2021

CHAMPION, Wis. (CNS) — John Sloot, 93, a retired farmer from Winthrop, Minnesota, lives by the adage of his late brother, Vincent, a marathon runner,… Read More

Harris’ Central America agenda features longtime concerns for the church

June 11, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — During her first foreign trip to Latin America as U.S. vice president June 7 and 8, Kamala Harris took on a topic… Read More

Pope names South Korea bishop prefect for clergy

June 11, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has appointed South Korean Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik of Daejeon as the new prefect of the Vatican Congregation for… Read More

National Catholic Reporter, Catholic Sentinel among winners of CMA awards

June 11, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — J.D. Conor Mauro, who is editor of ONE magazine, the Catholic Sentinel of Portland, Oregon, Nuestra Voz, Health Progress and Parable magazine… Read More