Faith is bolstered by prayer, not money, power, media, pope says

April 14, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without prayer, everything crumbles and any initiatives for church reform will just be proposals by some group and not the inspiration… Read More

Holocaust’s ‘righteous’ need to be remembered, too, survivor’s son says

April 13, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The number of Holocaust survivors is dwindling but so, too, are those “righteous Gentiles” who saved Jews who were almost certain to… Read More

Bishop urges unity to find solutions to violence after Knoxville shootings

April 13, 2021

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville offered prayers for a teenager who was killed and an injured police officer involved in… Read More

UPDATE: Archbishop Hebda encourages prayers, peace after fatal police shooting

April 13, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — After a night of protests and vandalism April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright,… Read More

Archbishop Hebda encourages prayers, peace after fatal police shooting

April 13, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — After a night of protests and vandalism April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright,… Read More

Cupich: 30 years ago Cardinal Bernardin developed plan to address abuse

April 12, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago developed a comprehensive plan over a two-year period, in 1991 and 1992, to address clerical… Read More

A trade of false promises and economic illusions feed some migrants’ dreams

April 12, 2021

CHALATENANGO, El Salvador (CNS) — Life in the northern mountains of El Salvador is a tranquil as it can get: There’s little traffic but an… Read More

NET Ministries inspires teens through in-person and virtual retreats

April 12, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — A nationwide teen evangelization program is gaining renewed interest after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the ministry for several months… Read More

Cardinal unveils major Vatican conference on priesthood slated for 2022

April 12, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the… Read More

Pope calls all Catholics to be missionaries of God’s mercy

April 11, 2021

ROME (CNS) — Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus’ divine mercy after the resurrection, all Christians are called to become missionaries, sharing the Gospel of… Read More