We need to see the face of Christ in immigrants, says Phoenix bishop
October 20, 2021
PHOENIX (CNS) — One family fled cartel violence in their small town in Zacatecas, Mexico. Another fled Honduras after the coronavirus pandemic and tropical storms… Read More
Freedom comes from serving others, pope says at audience
October 20, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis had a special guest help him illustrate the meaning of Christian freedom: a young boy wandered onto the stage… Read More
Colin Powell is recalled for priority he put on education, hard work, goals
October 19, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Colin Powell once visited a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Washington to encourage students there to appreciate the Catholic education… Read More
Teens, priests, pastoral workers and nun among martyrs beatified in Spain
October 19, 2021
CÓRDOBA, Spain (CNS) — More than 100 victims of Spain’s 1936-1939 civil war moved a step closer to sainthood after being beatified as martyrs for… Read More
Bishops call attacks on U.S. Catholic sites ‘acts of hate’ that must stop
October 19, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Oct. 10 vandalization of Denver’s cathedral basilica that resulted in satanic and other “hateful graffiti” being scrawled on its doors and… Read More
Call to prayer for the synod finds home online, in app
October 19, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said in the process to create a more “synodal church,” one where… Read More
Cries of Haitian people ‘cannot go unheeded,’ Vatican official says
October 19, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world can no longer ignore the suffering of the people of Haiti, an island that has been exploited and pillaged… Read More
COVID-19’s wrath among factors spurring migrants to U.S.-Mexico border
October 18, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A recent surge of Haitian migrants near the U.S. border with Mexico may be a harbinger of the changing face of migration… Read More
Catholic health care must always choose patients over profits, pope says
October 18, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A person’s wealth or lack thereof should not be the determining factor when it comes to receiving health care, Pope Francis… Read More
Catholic social teaching gives Gospel concrete form, pope says
October 18, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said he knows “it often annoys people” when he promotes Catholic teaching on social issues like poverty, migration and… Read More
