Assisi pilgrimage with the poor: Pope calls for open hands, open hearts

November 12, 2021

ASSISI, Italy (CNS) — With a pilgrim’s staff and mantle, Pope Francis entered Assisi’s Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels with 500 economically or… Read More

Film hopes to push Gil Hodges’ Hall of Fame bid across finish line

November 11, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Repeat after me: Gil Hodges is not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A lot of people think he’s in already. Read More

Award-winning Catholic author writes her mysteries by ‘seat of her pants’

November 11, 2021

ROCKFORD, Ill. (CNS) — Tracy Clark’s first published mystery story started one day during a moment when her mind slipped away from a homily at… Read More

Franciscan says her vocation put her on path to ‘peace, joy, happiness’

November 11, 2021

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CNS) — Right after high school, Sister Marlene Weidenborner entered the religious community of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York, although… Read More

Archbishop blesses first copies of new edition of prayer book for military

November 11, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services Nov. 9 blessed the first of 100,000 copies of the… Read More

Perpetual adoration is the ‘fuel that runs this parish’

November 11, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (CNS) — The perpetual adoration chapel is an anomaly in today’s fast-paced world. It is bare bones. There is no inspiring music or… Read More

Failure to protect creation will incur God’s judgment, pope says

November 11, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — World leaders are running out of time and must address the challenges of climate change before it’s too late, Pope Francis… Read More

Clifford the Big Red Dog

November 10, 2021

NEW YORK (CNS) — Given that it charts the rapidly deepening bond between a kid and a pooch, “Clifford the Big Red Dog” (Paramount) would… Read More

N.J. priest finished New York City Marathon with personal best time

November 10, 2021

NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) — Father Manuel Duenas, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark and current vice rector of Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Kearny, New… Read More

N.J. priest finished New York City Marathon with personal best time

November 10, 2021

NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) — Father Manuel Duenas, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark and current vice rector of Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Kearny, New… Read More