Bishop decries second spate of gun fatalities in two weeks in Virginia

November 23, 2022

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (CNS) — Just ahead of Thanksgiving Day, “a time where we celebrate what we are most grateful for in our lives,” the nation… Read More

Catholic advocates call COP27 deal on loss and damage ‘real breakthrough’

November 23, 2022

A historic, late-hour deal reached at the U.N. climate change summit to establish a “loss and damage” fund for countries vulnerable to the devastating impacts… Read More

Pope: Spiritual consolation is deep joy that motivates one to ‘do good’

November 23, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The spiritual practice of discernment, of seeing where God is at work in one’s life and what God is calling one… Read More

Ghana striker named for Caritas volunteer who helped his parents in Spain

November 23, 2022

ACCRA, Ghana (CNS) — As Ghana’s national soccer team, the Black Stars, joins other national teams for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, some… Read More

Washington Archdiocese’s pro-life Mass in January to have more local focus

November 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — With the pro-life landscape shifting to the states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, events in the Washington… Read More

Priest calls serving alongside military members as Army chaplain ‘humbling’

November 22, 2022

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) — As much as Father Lukasz J. Willenberg misses being part of a regular parish family back home in the Diocese of… Read More

Pope suspends Caritas Internationalis officers, appoints administrator

November 22, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has suspended the secretary-general and other top officers of Caritas Internationalis, appointing a temporary administrator to oversee improved management… Read More

Doing God’s will means working for peace, pope tells World Jewish Congress

November 22, 2022

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians and Jews are called to give witness to their faith by “working to make the world more fraternal, combating forms… Read More

U.S. Catholic leaders speak out against three November executions

November 21, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the third week of November, three executions by lethal injection took place in the U.S. in just two days and a… Read More

UPDATE: Catholic leaders respond to shooting at Colorado nightclub

November 21, 2022

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic leaders have condemned the Nov. 19 attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that killed at least five people… Read More