Germany’s Synodal Path continues to draw attention in Rome

October 5, 2022

ROME (CNS) — German Catholics involved in the Synodal Path are convinced the church must address the “systemic causes” of the clerical sexual abuse scandal… Read More

True discernment requires knowing oneself, pope says

October 5, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To know oneself is a gift and a grace that allows Christians to properly discern between feelings and convictions, Pope Francis… Read More

CRS launches campaign to build greater Catholic response to climate change

October 4, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Working with small farmers in the Horn of Africa, Yohannes Subagadis with Catholic Relief Services keeps hearing how difficult it is for… Read More

Church, community help one another in inland Florida county hit hard by Ian

October 4, 2022

WAUCHULA, Fla. (CNS) — The 7-year-old boy who sat with his family in the cafeteria of Hardee Junior High School was too shy to say… Read More

Vatican marks ecology saint’s feast day with film premiere, climate accords

October 4, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican hosted the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change on the feast… Read More

Advocates already pushing for a satisfactory farm bill in 2023

October 4, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The current farm bill doesn’t expire until 2023, yet already advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm… Read More

Head of Miami Catholic Charities helps coordinate statewide response to Ian

October 3, 2022

MIAMI (CNS) — The world heard about Hurricane Ian’s devastation along coastal southwest Florida, but the Catholic Charities network of agencies also will focus on… Read More

Ukrainian Catholics denounce so-called ‘annexation’ of Ukraine regions

October 3, 2022

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Ukrainian Catholics throughout the Philadelphia area denounced Russia’s claims of “annexing” portions of eastern Ukraine, following staged voting events conducted under armed… Read More

Thousands attend premiere of film on St. Peter’s Basilica

October 3, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As thousands of people sat in the dark in St. Peter’s Square, they watched fish jump from the facade of the… Read More

Pope tells Putin: Stop the war

October 2, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With “rivers of blood and tears” still flowing in Ukraine and with the increasing threat of the use of nuclear weapons,… Read More