Church leaders offer prayers after Mexico City metro crash
By David Agren, Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — Mexican church leaders offered prayers for the victims of a metro line collapse that left…
Cardinal Turkson urges graduates to impact troubled world
By Don Clemmer, Catholic News Service FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The head of the Vatican’s justice, peace and human development efforts urged over 700…
Sri Lankan churches halt services as third wave of COVID-19 hits
Catholic News Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan churches once again have halted services, church weddings and Sunday schools due to a third…
San Francisco archbishop examines abortion, Communion in pastoral letter
Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion…
Pope updates Vatican judicial laws so cardinals, bishops can face trial
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service Updating the laws that govern the Vatican’s civil judicial system, Pope Francis stated that cardinals and bishops…
Church called to lead the difficult work of overcoming structural racism
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service CLEVELAND (CNS) — As the guilty verdicts were read April 20 in the trial of a white former…
Pope hopes Venezuelan’s beatification will spur reconciliation
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service Amid the suffering due to a devastating economic crisis and a global pandemic, the beatification of José…
CDC director gives nod to indoor worship services for masked, vaccinated
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — When the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said April 27 that fully…
Deaf Catholics applaud Vatican’s sign language service on YouTube channel
By Jo Ann Zuñiga, Catholic News Service HOUSTON (CNS) — When the Easter livestream of Pope Francis’ general audience and the Angelus was broadcast…
‘America is on the move again,’ Biden says in address to nation
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In his first major address to Congress as U.S. president, Joe Biden urged Republicans and Democrats…