Vatican: More must be done to protect rights, dignity of refugees
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The international community must increase its efforts to help protect the lives of refugees,…
Virtual Renaissance: Online tourism breathes new life in ailing industry
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As museums and historical sites in Italy slowly begin opening their doors after several…
Caritas worker warns of disaster in Burkina Faso
By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — A Catholic aid worker has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Burkina Faso, with over…
Pope: Migrants seeking new life end up instead in ‘hell’ of detention
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged all Christians to…
Catholic schools have right to fire teachers, Supreme Court says
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a 7-2 ruling July 8, the Supreme Court said the California Catholic schools sued for…
Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a 7-2 decision July 8, the Supreme Court upheld regulations by the Trump administration giving employers…
Trump expected to refile paperwork soon in his effort to end DACA
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to refile paperwork during the second week of July to end…
What Father Tolton might say about today’s racial injustices
By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service CHICAGO — Father Augustus Tolton, the first identified Black priest ordained for the United States, would likely be…
Vatican task force calls for an end to arms production
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Human health, peace, security and progress would be better served with a complete end to…
Fighting racism means putting faith in action, say Black Catholics
By Sophia Martinson Catholic News Service One day in early June, John Thordarson released a short video he had finally finished. Under a black…