Vatican mandates vaccination for most employees
December 23, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With a view toward staying open and protecting people from a new increase in COVID-19 infections, the Vatican mandated that all… Read More
Family’s faith, values figure into their Tridentine Brewing operation
December 23, 2021
Trevor Alcorn comes from a storied line of brewers. His great-great-grandmother brewed beer in her bathtub in Chicago during Prohibition in the 1920s. Home brewing… Read More
Bishops’ migration chairman says inaction on immigration ‘cannot stand’
December 22, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The lack of will by politicians to move forward on immigration reform is affecting the lives of 11 million people in the… Read More
American Underdog
December 22, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) — Cheerful as a dance floor boot scoot and livelier than a touchdown drive, the sports-themed, faith-tinged biopic “American Underdog” (Lionsgate) goes… Read More
COVID-19 vaccines present ‘no ethical problem,’ says head of papal academy
December 22, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican has reaffirmed its support of COVID-19 vaccines with both the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life and a… Read More
Indonesia bolsters security at churches, public venues for Christmas
December 22, 2021
People clean pews at a church ahead of Christmas celebrations in the Indonesian province of West Java Dec. 21, 2021. Nearly 180,000 Indonesian… Read More
Ethiopian bishop describes ongoing conflict as people’s ‘Way of the Cross’
December 22, 2021
An Ethiopian Catholic bishop has described the massive destruction, suffering and loss of life that continues to plague the people in his eparchy since violence… Read More
Camp I Am Special Reopens After Pandemic Closure
December 21, 2021
By Fran Ruchalski At this time of year, most kids are anticipating the joy that Christmas morning will bring. But for the campers and their… Read More
El Paso bishop says pre-Christmas border visit draws him closer to faith
December 21, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A little more than a month after being chosen chairman-elect of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee, Bishop Mark J. Read More
Bishop ‘profoundly moved’ after trek all over tornado-shattered diocese
December 21, 2021
OWENSBORO, Ky. (CNS) — Following a 400-mile road trip Dec. 15 across his tornado-ravaged Diocese of Owensboro in western Kentucky, Bishop William F. Medley said… Read More
