Navy dad, back home after 15 months away, surprises daughter at Catholic school
By Michelle Martin, Catholic News Service CHICAGO — The father-daughter reunion at a Catholic school in suburban Chicago was weeks in the making. U.S….
At audience, pope renews commitment to fight abuse
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — After the Vatican released its extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick, Pope Francis renewed…
Tennessee governor gives temporary reprieve to death-row inmate
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A Tennessee death-row inmate scheduled to be executed Dec. 3 was granted a reprieve until April…
Gomez: Nation’s leaders must now ‘come together’ with election of new president
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — With Joe Biden now elected as the nation’s 46th president, it is “time for our leaders to come together…
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…