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