The Catholic bishops of California have announced a yearlong initiative to address personal and systematic racism, both in the church and wider society. After a Sept. 9 Zoom conference with African American Catholic leaders from their ...
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc physically, even bringing death into some people's homes, the shutdown this past spring and the virus' continuing effects also have impacted mental health. As a result, more people in the ...
Expressing his concern about demonstrations taking place in many countries around the world, Pope Francis appealed for nonviolence, dialogue and the guarantee of civil rights. "In these weeks, we are witnessing numerous popular protests all over ...
Church services and Mass online cannot compare to or replace the in-person participation of the faithful, the head of the Vatican's office for divine worship told the world's bishops. "As soon as circumstances permit, however, it ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If people took seriously the Gospel call to forgive one another, the world would be a much better place, Pope Francis said. “How much suffering, how many wounds, how many wars ...
A new podcast series, "Crisis," has debuted, which examines the clergy sexual abuse crisis in the U.S. church. Produced by the Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America, Washington, its 10 episodes plan to recount ...
The Sept. 10 announcement of the theme for the March for Life -- "Together Strong: Life Unites" -- made it clear the annual national event, in some form, will proceed next Jan. 29. But details of ...
The nation "can never forget" the 9/11 tragedy "that shook the foundations of our society and our trust in our government to protect us," Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said in his Sept. 9 column in ...
A Spanish court has convicted a former Salvadoran colonel for the murders of five Jesuit priests in 1989 -- a rare act of justice for an atrocity from El Salvador's brutal civil war. In a Sept. ...
Pope Francis has named as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago two archdiocesan priests and a Franciscan friar who has been serving in the archdiocese since 2005.
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