World Day for Grandparents and Elderly: A time for small acts of kindness
July 19, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Try a little tenderness. That’s basically how Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 73, summarized Pope Francis’ vision for what older people, their… Read More
First-person accounts of religious repression punctuate summit
July 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Many people may not think about religious repression since it doesn’t happen in the United States. For those who may argue that… Read More
Spending bills without Hyde seen as move to expand abortion on demand
July 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In eliminating the Hyde Amendment in spending bills for fiscal year 2022, the “pro-abortion” Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee “destroy over… Read More
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
July 16, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) — The horror sequel “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” (Columbia) turns out to be a case of cinematic recidivism. Thus, on screen,… Read More
CRS gradually restores services in Haiti amid series of crises
July 16, 2021
CLEVELAND (CNS) — A series of debilitating crises in recent weeks — from a surge in COVID-19 cases to the assassination of a president —… Read More
Pope prays for victims of German floods as death toll rises
July 16, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis offered prayers and expressed his closeness with the people of Germany after severe flooding in the western part of… Read More
Iraqi prelate: Dignity takes longer to rebuild than structures
July 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When fighters from the Islamic State group overran huge swaths of Iraq seven years ago, they laid waste to an untold number… Read More
Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass
July 16, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the… Read More
Galveston-Houston Archdiocese’s diversity like ‘heaven,’ says new auxiliary
July 15, 2021
HOUSTON (CNS) — Sunshine illuminated the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston when the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston welcomed the eighth auxiliary bishop to… Read More
Exhibit on Magna Carta illustrates ties charter of freedoms has to Bible
July 15, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The star document of a new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington is the 1217 Magna Carta, which regulated… Read More
