‘Crisis standards of care’ help hospitals address volume of COVID-19 cases
October 12, 2021
Many U.S. states developed health care crisis standards of care during the coronavirus pandemic, but allocating critical patients among neighboring cities and hospitals — called… Read More
Rosary is ‘our true weapon’ for facing today’s challenges, says bishop
October 12, 2021
MERRIMACK, N.H. (CNS) — Given the challenges facing the Catholic Church and the faithful in the world today, the rosary “is our true weapon, which… Read More
Pilgrims flock to beatified teen’s tomb in Assisi ahead of feast day
October 12, 2021
ROME (CNS) — Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian teenager whose use of technology to spread… Read More
Effort needed to bridge racial divide in church, society, says Black bishop
October 11, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The racial divide in American society and within the Catholic Church is one that needs to be bridged so that healing and… Read More
Appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas abortion law
October 11, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A U.S. court of appeals temporarily stayed the recent injunction on the Texas abortion law while it reviews the state’s request to… Read More
U.S. nuncio says he’ll stay, helps prepare for synod, Biden-pope meeting
October 11, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the 75-year-old apostolic nuncio to the United States, said when he met Pope Francis at the Vatican Sept. 6,… Read More
Faith is not a transactional relationship with God, pope says at Angelus
October 11, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People should ask themselves whether their faith has become a “commercial relationship” with God or if it is a relationship built… Read More
Pope blesses nun held captive nearly five years by insurgents in Mali
October 10, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The day after authorities announced her release from kidnappers in Mali, Colombian Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti was at the Vatican… Read More
Pope meets Pelosi; both speak at legislators’ pre-COP26 meeting
October 9, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis met privately at the Vatican Oct. 9 with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was in Rome to speak… Read More
Pope warns that synod could be ‘elitist’ exercise unless all have a voice
October 9, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While a Synod of Bishops is not a parliament and its preparatory process is not “an opinion poll,” Pope Francis insisted… Read More