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…
Advocate: S. Carolina approval of firing squad, electric chair ‘chilling’
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The passage of a bill by South Carolina lawmakers in early May to restart executions after…
Christian leaders voice concern as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates
JERUSALEM — Christian leaders in the Holy Land expressed deep concern over growing Israeli-Palestinian violence, as the two sides clashed in Jerusalem and Israel…
Church’s anti-poverty program: Giving the poor a voice for 50 years
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service CLEVELAND — When the Rev. Marlon Tilghman learned that any Maryland juvenile taken into custody can be questioned…
Being a catechist is a vocation, pope says in establishing formal ministry
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Calling for formal recognition of “those lay men and women who feel called by virtue…
Cardinal Ladaria cautions U.S. bishops on politicians and Communion
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has urged the U.S. bishops to proceed…
Mother and daughters work together in Catholic hospital
By Gregory A. Shemitz, Catholic News Service ROSLYN, N.Y. — Caring for the sick is a vocation and way of life shared by a…
Facing death, priest turns his farewell into teachable moment
By Liz Chandler, Catholic News Service MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. — As dusk fell April 29, nurses pushed Father Michael Kottar in his wheelchair just…