Church leaders stress need for Christmas hope after challenging year
December 23, 2020
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Christmas messages shared by U.S. Catholic leaders stressed the need to keep hope and faith alive this season particularly in the midst… Read More
Soul
December 23, 2020
NEW YORK (CNS) — As the director of such films as “Up” (2009) and 2015’s “Inside Out,” Pete Docter has taken cartoons to the heights… Read More
Christmas ‘hijacked’ by consumerist mentality, pope says
December 23, 2020
While Christmas has become a universal holiday, even for many nonbelievers, its celebration always should focus on the reality that God sent his son into… Read More
New Jersey parishes find creative new ways to engage Catholics this Christmas
December 23, 2020
NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) — Tickets for Masses, virtual holiday concerts, video Christmas cards, and drive-by Nativity scenes: It’s beginning to look a lot like a… Read More
Belarus says it will allow archbishop to return for Christmas
December 23, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Banned from entering Belarus since late August, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk, president of the country’s bishops’ conference, can return to… Read More
Maryland Catholic Conference urges Trump to stop a federal execution
December 22, 2020
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eight Catholic bishops serving Maryland dioceses urged President Donald Trump Dec. 22 to stop the planned federal execution of Dustin Higgs, a… Read More
News of the World
December 22, 2020
NEW YORK (CNS) — The ethnic, sectional and economic tensions of the Reconstruction era are explored in the epic adventure “News of the World” (Universal). Read More
College student creates gingerbread cathedral, raises money for homeless
December 22, 2020
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) — Making gingerbread houses is a Christmas tradition for some families, especially those with German ancestry. Dating back to the 16th… Read More
Vatican City State is pesticide-free, imports green energy
December 22, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Reaching “zero emissions” for Vatican City State is an achievable goal and is another green initiative it has been pursuing, said… Read More
Two Vatican cardinals test positive for COVID-19; one hospitalized
December 22, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Two top Vatican officials — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski and Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello — have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, Italian… Read More
