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

Migrants, advocates gather at border, call on Biden to ‘save our asylum’

September 27, 2021

More than 200 supporters gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona, Sept. 25, the eve of the World Day of Migrants… Read More

‘Nest mentality’ in church leads to judgment, exclusion, pope says

September 27, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must be on guard and avoid the temptation of thinking themselves better than others, an attitude that risks turning the… Read More

Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas

September 24, 2021

HONOLULU (CNS) — Hawaii bid aloha to Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army Korean War chaplain and candidate for sainthood Sept. 23. Honolulu Bishop… Read More

UPDATED: House OKs abortion bill called ‘far outside the American mainstream’

September 24, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a 218-211 vote Sept. 24, the U.S. House passed what opponents consider one of the most extreme abortion bills ever seen… Read More

House OKs abortion bill called ‘far outside the American mainstream’

September 24, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a 218-211 vote Sept. 24, the U.S. House passed what opponents consider one of the most extreme abortion bills ever seen… Read More

Two Miami priests hope to visit Haitian migrants in limbo at Texas border

September 24, 2021

MIAMI (CNS) — Two senior Haitian American priests from the Archdiocese of Miami planned to travel to Texas Sept. 24 to meet and pray with… Read More

Texas abortion providers ask court to speed up abortion law review

September 24, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Texas abortion providers urged the Supreme Court Sept. 23 to once again, and quickly, review their challenge to the state law banning… Read More

Authority in a wounded church: Leaders see ‘synodality’ as way forward

September 24, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Since his election in March 2013, Pope Francis has called for a true conversion within the Catholic Church, one in which… Read More

German cardinal contributed to ‘crisis of trust’ on abuse, will take leave

September 24, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne will take a “spiritual sabbatical” after a Vatican investigation found he did nothing illegal in… Read More