News organizations project Biden win; second Catholic elected U.S. president
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Horns blared near the White House just before noon Nov. 7 as major U.S. news organizations…
Sixty years after JFK, nation to get second Catholic president
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Thirty-three men between George Washington and John F. Kennedy served as U.S. president. Until Kennedy, all…
Public Masses continue in Italy despite new COVID-19 restrictions
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As the Italian government imposed new restrictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, the Italian bishops’ conference…
Catholics urged to pray for ‘clarity, peace’ in midst of unsettled election
Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — The Catholic Medical Association Nov. 5 urged Catholics around the country to pray a novena or rosary “for clarity…
Cardinal Tumi, 90, released after being kidnapped with 12 others
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — After armed men abducted Cardinal Christian Tumi along with a dozen other people in the…
Book could stimulate discussion on being a Catholic man today
By Mitch Finley, Catholic News Service “Pursuing Freedom: Becoming the Man You Could Be” by Thomas Wurtz. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2020). 117…
Speaker: Legalizing assisted suicide allows state to decide who lives, who dies
By Maurice Beaulieu, Catholic News Service ORLANDO, Fla. — Kristen Hanson, community relations advocate for the Patient Rights Action Fund, told the emotional story…
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…