UPDATE: Supreme Court rules against blocking Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
September 2, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a late-night decision Sept. 1, the Supreme Court ruled against blocking a Texas law banning abortions at six weeks of pregnancy. Read More
Missionary Servants’ charism is to serve ‘entangled portion of vineyard’
September 1, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A U.S.-founded religious order dedicated to serving the spiritually abandoned and empowering the laity, the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity,… Read More
Pope addresses Vatican reforms aimed at curbing corruption, abuse
September 1, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While financial reforms in the Vatican are progressing steadily, cases involving corruption and malfeasance in the Eternal City are “a disease… Read More
Holiness does not come from following rigid rules, pope says
September 1, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Redemption is the work of God, not of human beings, so be careful and do not listen to “fundamentalists” who claim… Read More
After Afghanistan withdrawal, pope denounces attempts to impose democracy
September 1, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In his first interview since undergoing surgery in July, Pope Francis criticized the Western attempts to impose democracy on other countries… Read More
Jesuit brother’s Lake Michigan swim raises funds for Cristo Rey school
August 31, 2021
CHICAGO (CNS) — Jesuit Brother Matt Wooters went the extra mile, or extra eight miles actually, to raise money for Cristo Rey Jesuit High School… Read More
El Salvador sets date for four beatifications in January
August 31, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) — El Salvador has set a Jan. 22 date for the beatifications of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto and two… Read More
Laywoman assumes high position at Vatican’s Latin America commission
August 31, 2021
Pope Francis appointed Argentine theologian Emilce Cuda as the new head of office of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, a position she assumes Sept. Read More
Italian priest recounts harrowing escape from Kabul
August 31, 2021
ROME (CNS) — Although Barnabite Father Giovanni Scalese, head of the Catholic mission in Afghanistan, found himself back in his native Italy after the fall… Read More
Archbishop Naumann, Arizona bishops urge vaccination, conscience safeguards
August 30, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CNS) — Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, encouraged Catholics to receive… Read More
