Church responds as Hurricane Eta pounds Central America
By David Agren, Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — Caritas, the church’s charitable agency, was responding to Hurricane Eta, which hit Nicaragua Nov. 3…
Bishop John Stowe asks prayers for ‘just, peaceful conclusion’ to elections
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bishop John E. Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, said the lack of a resounding decision in the…
In Turkey, parishioners safe, but iconic cathedral damaged after quake
By Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — A Catholic priest expressed gratitude that parishioners are safe, but their iconic cathedral sustained damages…
Louisiana voters approve, Colorado voters reject statewide abortion measures
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service CLEVELAND — Louisiana voters by a wide margin Nov. 3 passed a measure declaring there is no state…
As many expected, presidential contest not settled after Election Day
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. remains in uncertainty about the presidential race after Election Day, as a counting of…
Take election concerns, worries about the aftermath ‘to God,’ deacon says
By Daniel Meloy, Catholic News Service DETROIT — After studying all the election issues, praying about them and making a decision, “what better place…
Mexico’s ‘bishop of the poor’ dies of COVID-19 complications
By David Agren, Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — Retired Bishop Arturo Lona Reyes of Tehuantepec — known as “bishop of the poor” and…
God calls all to be saints with everyday holiness, says Cardinal-designate Gregory
By Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a Mass for All Saints’ Day at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in…
Pope not changing church teaching on gay unions, Secretariat of State says
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Secretariat of State has sent an explanatory note to nuncios around the world…
Speaker: Incarceration ‘a central moral challenge of our time’
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Incarceration is “a central moral challenge of our time,” said Danielle Sered, the founding director of…