Cardinal prays on CNN program marking 500,000 COVID-19 deaths in U.S.

February 23, 2021

WASHINGTON (CNS) — During a Feb. 22 evening program on CNN, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a prayer for those who have died from… Read More

Iraq: Full of historic sites important to understanding Christianity

February 22, 2021

AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a… Read More

Widespread vaccination, supported by pope, faces myriad obstacles

February 22, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The hurdles on the path toward a fair, global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine are economic, technical, political and moral. The… Read More

Bishops say fellow Texans’ help for one another amid storm is ‘edifying’

February 22, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas (CNS) — The Catholic bishops of Texas said Feb. 20 that the generosity of their fellow Texans reaching out to help their neighbors,… Read More

New Orleans SNAP leader praises Archbishop Aymond for concrete initiatives

February 22, 2021

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — An ongoing series of discussions between New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond and Kevin Bourgeois, the leader of the New Orleans… Read More

Fight temptation with faith, prayer, penance, pope says at Angelus

February 22, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must never engage in dialogue with the devil, but instead must fight against temptations with the same spiritual weapons Jesus… Read More

Pope, Holocaust survivor talk about the importance of remembering

February 22, 2021

ROME (CNS) — A month after reading an interview in the Vatican newspaper with Edith Bruck, an author and Holocaust survivor, Pope Francis decided to… Read More

Nomadland

February 19, 2021

NEW YORK (CNS) — In 1940, director John Ford adapted John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the year before into the classic film “The Grapes… Read More

Mars missions can inspire next generation scientists, papal astronomer says

February 19, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Perseverance, the latest probe on Mars, gears up to send to Earth high-definition images, video and audio of its surroundings,… Read More

Some parish fish fries switch gears to go curbside this Lent

February 19, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Parish fish fries, which are a traditional Lenten staple, have changed course this year in Minnesota due to pandemic restrictions. Read More