New rules could extend time migrant children, families spend in detention
By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has moved to cast aside an agreement that previously limited the amount of…
Fly tying gives Vermont religious brother a supportive connection to vets
By Cori Fugere Urban Catholic News Service BURLINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Burlington was quiet on a steamy summer day…
New Orleans’ women religious donate 25 acres for flood control project
By Peter Finney Jr. Catholic News Service NEW ORLEANS — In topographically challenged New Orleans, where “running water” can be a pejorative depending on…
Voracious goats keep Wisconsin cemetery looking beautiful the natural way
APPLETON — Goats tend to get a bad rap in church traditions — with the devil often portrayed with goat horns and hoofs, and…
Florida governor asked to spare life of man set to be executed
TALLAHASSEE — The executive director of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, himself a Catholic, to stay the Aug….
LCWR award recipient embraces ‘holy chaos’ of her ministry to migrants
By Soli Salgado and Dan Stockman Catholic News Service SCOTTSDALE — “Holy chaos” is how Sister Norma Pimentel describes her ministry. As the executive…
Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
WASHINGTON — Leading five friars in formation on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and South America, Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Lasky…
Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, pope says
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns…
Yearlong ‘window’ in New York statute of limitations on abuse suits opens
By Catholic News Service ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state’s yearlong “window” in the statute of limitations opened Aug. 14, allowing suits to be filed…
Planned Parenthood says it expects to withdraw from Title X
By Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America told the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an…