New York fire chaplain says there are days when 9/11 ‘feels like yesterday’
September 6, 2021
BLUE POINT, N.Y. (CNS) — Father Kevin M. Smith, a veteran fire chaplain, trauma counselor and loyal friend to scores of active and retired firefighters… Read More
‘This is your heritage’: Jerusalem museum works to engage diverse groups
September 6, 2021
JERUSALEM (CNS) — When 15-year-old Ahmad Mutaseb visited the Terra Sancta Museum in the Old City, was the first time he had ever seen any… Read More
‘Never forget,’ says foundation CEO who lost firefighter brother in 9/11
September 3, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Frank Siller still goes to the same Catholic church he has gone to since he was a little kid, Blessed Sacrament in… Read More
Catholic Charities agencies rely on virtual outreach in Ida relief
September 3, 2021
With several Northeast states now joining major metropolitan regions in the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida-related disaster areas, Catholic Charities agencies are using virtual deployment… Read More
Former Cardinal McCarrick pleads not guilty; two more lawsuits filed
September 3, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick pleaded not guilty Sept. 3 in a Massachusetts court, where he is facing three counts of sexually… Read More
Vietnamese archbishop as COVID-19 surges: ‘How can our hearts not ache?’
September 3, 2021
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (CNS) — Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Nang of Ho Chi Minh City has encouraged people in his archdiocese, a COVID-19 epicenter,… Read More
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
September 2, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) — Sprightly wit paces the elegant martial-arts showdowns in director and co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton’s Marvel Comics-derived adventure “Shang-Chi and the Legend… Read More
U.S. bishops’ Labor Day statement calls for economy that works for all
September 2, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The “present ills of our economy” invite Catholics to reflect on ways to propose new and creative responses to vital human needs… Read More
Neighboring Catholic Charities agencies help with Ida evacuees
September 2, 2021
A scattering of Hurricane Ida evacuees from storm-battered Louisiana to neighboring states across the south is presenting a familiar crisis for regional Catholic Charities agencies… Read More
Pope: Euthanasia legislation in Europe is sign of ‘throwaway culture’
September 2, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Increasing calls to legalize euthanasia in several European countries, as well as the disregard for vulnerable people and the unborn, are… Read More