San Diego bishop asks priests not to give religious exemption for vaccine
Catholic News Service SAN DIEGO — Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego urged priests Aug. 11 to “caringly decline” to provide any Catholics…
Relief workers: Haiti earthquake complicated by economy, gangs, weather
By Tom Tracy, Catholic News Service Relief workers in Haiti said the Aug. 14 earthquake might not be as catastrophic as the 2010 quake…
Cardinal Parolin: Church proud of Chinese Catholics’ ‘witness of faith’
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY —While the Holy See continues to dialogue with the Chinese government, the church is proud…
Some Catholic hospitals now require employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, president of the Catholic Health Association, is on a mission. She hopes…
Environmental leaders: U.N. climate change report can spur prayerful action
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service Amadou Diallo, a program manager for Catholic Relief Services in his native Senegal, knows from talking with the…
Musicologist hopes to reconstruct 12-century organ from Bethlehem church
By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service JERUSALEM — Frozen in time, like a “musical Pompeii,” the 221 remaining original organ pipes from the Church…
Only Jesus reveals true Gospel, pope says at first audience after surgery
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The true Gospel has been revealed by Jesus Christ, not by individuals or founders of…
Pope appeals for aid to Lebanon, still suffering one year after blast
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Marking the one-year anniversary of a deadly explosion in Beirut, Pope Francis said Lebanon needs…
Hundreds march for voting rights, justice near U.S. Capitol; 200 arrested
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people marched — and over 200 of them were arrested — Aug. 2 at a “Moral Monday”…
Justice Department sues Texas as it tries to halt transport of migrants
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service The Biden administration filed a lawsuit July 30 against the state of Texas, trying to stop enforcement of…