Showing love, mercy are key to entering heaven, pope says on All Souls’ Day

November 2, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Christians await their death and the final judgment of God, the Gospel tells them what they must do to be… Read More

UPDATE: Voters warned about groups claiming to represent church on election issues

November 2, 2022

PHOENIX (CNS) — Ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Arizona’s Catholic bishops alerted voters to “unapproved political efforts” they said are being carried out… Read More

Voters warned about groups claiming to represent church on election issues

November 2, 2022

PHOENIX (CNS) — Ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Arizona’s Catholic bishops alerted voters to “unapproved political efforts” they said are being carried out… Read More

Catholic leaders want Latin American church that’s synodal, reaches out

November 1, 2022

LIMA, Peru (CNS) — The church in Latin America and the Caribbean is called to be a missionary church that heeds the cry of the… Read More

Saints were revolutionaries who lived the beatitudes, pope says

November 1, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The saints were not “starched,” picture-perfect conformists, Pope Francis said; they were “countercultural and revolutionary.” The multitude of men and women… Read More

Notre Dame celebrates transfer of Chesterton Collection to London center

November 1, 2022

LONDON (CNS) — Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, led a dedication ceremony Oct. 27 to celebrate the… Read More

Supreme Court justices question affirmative action admission policies

October 31, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A divided and often skeptical Supreme Court heard two cases Oct. 31 challenging race-conscious policies used in university admissions  to obtain diverse… Read More

Pelosi speaks of heartbreak after husband’s attack; bishops offer prayers

October 31, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her family is “heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack” on her husband, Paul, whom police said… Read More

How Can Families Practice the Corporal Works of Mercy? Bury the Dead.

October 31, 2022

Bury the Dead By Elizabeth Hansen  “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and… Read More

Christians must see others with compassion, not condemnation, pope says

October 31, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God always sees people’s potential, looking past their mistakes and understanding what they can become, Pope Francis said. If people feel… Read More