Displaced children can benefit from faith communities’ help, speakers say
November 17, 2022
ROME (CNS) — Children on the move, particularly as migrants or refugees, are enormously vulnerable, said one of the church’s leading experts on safeguarding. “Though… Read More
U.S. Ukrainian Catholic prelate says Russian war against nation is genocide
November 16, 2022
BALTIMORE (CNS) — A Ukrainian Catholic archbishop asked his fellow U.S. bishops Nov. 16 to pray for Ukraine, and, if possible, to go to Ukraine… Read More
Retired French archbishop admits ‘inappropriate gestures’ toward woman
November 16, 2022
PARIS (CNS) — The retired archbishop of Strasbourg, France, admitted making “inappropriate gestures” to an adult woman when he was a Franciscan priest in the… Read More
Church has ‘work to do’ in promoting pro-life message, bishops told
November 16, 2022
BALTIMORE (CNS) — In a year when abortion has been front and center in U.S. politics — from the Supreme Court decision to recent state… Read More
Darkness, desolation invite people to draw closer to God, pope says
November 16, 2022
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Moments of difficulty and desolation are opportunities for praying, drawing closer to Jesus and discerning the right path, Pope Francis said. Read More
Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to stay true to church’s mission
November 15, 2022
BALTIMORE (CNS) — In his Nov. 15 address to the U.S. bishops at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre,… Read More
UPDATE: University community comes together in prayer after fatal shooting
November 15, 2022
RICHMOND, Va. (CNS) — Students at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville are experiencing “great sadness and even anger” and “a tremendous amount of grief”… Read More
Virginia bishop mourns loss of life in shooting, decries ongoing violence
November 15, 2022
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CNS) — The Catholic bishop of Richmond decried the Nov. 13 fatal shooting of three football players at the University of Virginia in… Read More
‘Situation is tragic,’ says bishop whose diocese includes Kherson, Ukraine
November 15, 2022
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — The Latin-rite bishop whose diocese includes Kherson, Ukraine, accused Russian forces of “cruel and bestial behavior” in the recaptured port and… Read More
UPDATE: Archbishops Broglio, Lori elected USCCB’s next president, vice president
November 15, 2022
BALTIMORE (CNS) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services was elected Nov. 15 to a three-year term as president… Read More