Cease-fire helps, but peace requires equality, Palestine official says
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service ROME — While the current cease-fire between Israel and Hamas brings a much-needed halt to violence in…
U.S. bishop echoes cardinal’s call for prayers for the people of China
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace invited Catholics in the United States to…
Migration, climate, debt crises must not be ignored, pope tells diplomats
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Nations of the world must work together to solve the key global crises of migration…
Pope calls for prayers for forgiveness, coexistence in Holy Land
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has called on the world’s Catholics to pray May 22 for dialogue, forgiveness…
From Babel to Pentecost: Dialogue and proclamation thrive on witness
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In official Catholic teaching and in the challenges of everyday life, both interreligious dialogue and…
White House hosts visit for ‘Dreamers’; six young people meet with Biden
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service President Joe Biden welcomed to the White House May 14 six beneficiaries of a program that helps young…
Petition launched to show Catholic support for healthy planet, people
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With global leaders meeting in the fall for two critical U.N. conferences — one on…
South Carolina death penalty now includes electric chair, firing squad
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill requiring death-row inmates to choose between the electric…
U.S. climate envoy meets pope, speaks at Vatican conference
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis…
In Gaza, tiny Catholic community tries to stay in touch during airstrikes
By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service Since early May 11, Israeli bombs have been falling around the Rosary Sisters school in Gaza, which sustained…