Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain ‘Guardian of Life’ award
September 29, 2021
Death row inmates in Florida’s prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their “house,” with some having lived in their “house” for 40 years —… Read More
St. Pius V Celebrates 100 Years
September 29, 2021
On Feb. 27, 1921, Bishop Michael Curley, the fourth bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, dedicated a joint church and school on the corner… Read More
In Christ, great sinners can become great saints, pope says
September 29, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even the greatest sinners can become just in God’s eyes if they allow the grace offered by Jesus’ death and resurrection… Read More
Missionary priest serving Native Alaskans is winner of Lumen Christi Award
September 28, 2021
CHICAGO (CNS) — Father Stan Jaszek, a missionary priest from Poland who is serving Native Alaskans in the Diocese of Fairbanks, has been named the… Read More
Talk therapy: Honest listening, discussion are key to fixing ‘truth decay’
September 28, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Instead of shouting down or shutting out people who support the latest conspiracy theory, deny scientific evidence or believe in “fake”… Read More
Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain ‘Guardian of Life’ award
September 28, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Death row inmates in Florida’s prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their “house,” with some having lived in their “house”… Read More
There is no better model of priesthood than Father Kapaun, bishop says
September 28, 2021
PILSEN, Kan. (CNS) — God put the desire to be a priest in Father Emil J. Kapaun’s heart at an early age, Bishop Carl A. Read More
South Sudan church leaders work for peace, but soldiers won’t listen
September 28, 2021
YAMBIO, South Sudan (CNS) — Pope Francis may have kissed the feet of South Sudan’s warring political leaders in a dramatic 2019 appeal for peace,… Read More
Head of German bishops calls for courageous change in church, society
September 28, 2021
BERLIN (CNS) — As German Catholics prepare for their second Synodal Assembly, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of German bishops’ conference, called for courageous… Read More
UPDATE: Canadian bishops apologize for abuses, ongoing trauma of Indigenous
September 27, 2021
OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) — Canada’s Catholic bishops have “unequivocally” apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system and have raised the possibility… Read More