St. Joseph reminds church to pay attention to the essential, pope says
November 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During this time marked by global crisis, St. Joseph can offer people support, consolation and guidance, Pope Francis said. St. Joseph… Read More
Iraqi Christian leaders hope to continue building on pope’s March visit
November 16, 2021
ANKAWA, Iraq (CNS) — Nahla and Valentina like to stop and pray at Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church in the center of this small majority… Read More
Don’t make Eucharist statement partisan, urges advisory council’s chair
November 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops’ proposed statement on the Eucharist “cannot be partisan,” nor should it be made such “through calculated expression or calculated… Read More
King Richard
November 16, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) — Will Smith aces it in “King Richard” (Warner Bros.). His vivid performance as the father of not one but two future… Read More
Church’s evangelizing mission can heal division, archbishop tells assembly
November 16, 2021
BALTIMORE (CNS) — The U.S. church today is called more than ever to carry out its centuries-long evangelizing mission at a time of spiritual awakening… Read More
Latin American bishops’ assembly to learn from Indigenous communal work
November 16, 2021
LIMA, Peru (CNS) — Latin America’s Indigenous people will play a central role at a regional assembly the Catholic Church will hold at the end… Read More
Ukrainian Catholics open Resurrection Cathedral as vaccination site
November 16, 2021
KYIV, Ukraine (CNS) — With demand for vaccines growing after a spike in COVID-19 infections and deaths, the major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church… Read More
Synod on synodality should not avoid problems, archbishop says in homily
November 16, 2021
BALTIMORE (CNS) — More than 200 bishops and archbishops and six cardinals concelebrated the opening Mass for the fall assembly of the U.S. Conference of… Read More
Confession can be place where church fights abuse, Jesuit says
November 16, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To protect the sacrament of reconciliation as a “channel of grace” for victims of sexual abuse, the Catholic Church must do… Read More
Maryland couple donates spruce as Rockefeller Center’s 2021 Christmas tree
November 15, 2021
FAIR HILL, Md. (CNS) — The normally sleepy streets of Cecil County, Maryland, near the University of Delaware and White Clay Creek State Park were… Read More