December 2022

By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Pope Benedict came to the United States for a visit to Washington and New York spanning six days in mid-April 2008, some news …

[This story is being updated throughout the day.] By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive record as a teacher …

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By Greg Erlandson (CNS) — On the hallway wall leading to my office at Catholic News Service is arrayed a series of eight photographs of its previous directors. Justin McGrath, …

(Leer en Español) (OSV News) — The hallmark of OSV News, a new Catholic news service that launched Jan. 1, is to provide news and content “that speaks to truth …

The Epiphany of the Lord | Mt: 2: 1-12 Right about now, people are usually “so over” Christmas. They’ve tossed the trees to the curb, thrown the unwanted gift cards …

At the start of each new year, many of us examine our lives and, based on what we know of ourselves and how we receive the overly harsh, ever-hectoring judgments …

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS Rome) — Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign trip of 2023, a year that promises to be as busy …

By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Eritrean authorities have freed Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim after 75 days in prison. Bishop Tsalim, the 52-year-old bishop of Segheneity, an eparchy …

(Leer en Español) (OSV News) — “Words awaken, examples attract. The gift of language is much, but it is only a small part of human witnessing. When we are united …