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