Commission starts planning global report on child protection efforts
October 28, 2022
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With a renewed membership, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors met at the Vatican in late October and laid… Read More
Bishops urge Congress to be in ‘radical solidarity’ with mothers, children
October 28, 2022
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Calling upon Congress for “radical solidarity” with mothers and babies — both born and unborn — four bishops advanced an ambitious legislative… Read More
To help those in hiding, catechists from Myanmar deliver food, supplies
October 28, 2022
MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand (CNS) — Pah Kler climbs onto a boat laden with bags of rice and disappears around a bend in the Salween… Read More
Abortion-related questions take center stage in new American Values Survey
October 27, 2022
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Abortion-related questions — and Americans’ responses to them — were front and center in the new American Values Survey issued Oct. 27… Read More
Catholic Charities’ agencies continue to help Florida’s hurricane victims
October 27, 2022
FORT MYERS, Fla. (CNS) — Lizvelle Rivera recalls vividly how Hurricane Ian passed over her home in Fort Myers. “It was really scary,” she said. Read More
Synod reports show enthusiasm for mission, but also identify obstacles
October 27, 2022
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics around the globe long to share the Gospel with a world in need, but they see situations and tensions within… Read More
Enlarge the tent: Synod document sees desire for greater inclusion
October 27, 2022
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Around the world, listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops gave many participants a sense of finally being listened to, but… Read More
Catholic groups urge Biden to seek diplomacy with Putin, avoid nuclear war
October 26, 2022
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic organizations and religious orders are calling President Joe Biden to undertake diplomatic means to prevent nuclear war with Russia. In an… Read More
Sadness can serve as ‘alarm bell’ for life, pope says
October 26, 2022
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Feelings of desolation and sadness are not signs of trials that may discourage Christians, they can be indispensable signs that point… Read More
Buffalo Diocese, N.Y. attorney general settle lawsuit over sexual abuse
October 26, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) — The Diocese of Buffalo and the New York attorney general’s office have reached a settlement in a 2020 civil lawsuit filed… Read More
