Church in Haiti calls for national strike following violence, kidnappings
April 15, 2021
MIAMI (CNS) — In response to recent kidnappings of clergy and religious in Haiti and growing anarchy in the Caribbean nation, Catholic schools, churches and… Read More
Sponsor a gargoyle: New fundraiser launched for Notre Dame in Paris
April 15, 2021
A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a… Read More
German legislators consider ending state payments to churches
April 14, 2021
BERLIN (CNS) — Germany’s lower house of Parliament is considering replacing state payments to the nation’s two largest churches. The Catholic and Protestant churches received… Read More
Catholic sculptor’s work to be part of COVID-19 memorial at Ohio hospital
April 14, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CNS) — In an announcement that marked the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercy Health — Youngstown and the Mercy Health Foundation… Read More
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