Raleigh Catholics strive to accompany migrant farmworkers in oft ‘forgotten’ counties
By Maria-Pia Chin, OSV News RALEIGH, N.C. — As volunteers from a rural parish and farmworkers mostly hailing from Mexico set up for an…
Exhibit highlights impact Reagan, St. John Paul II had on world through their shared moral vision
By John Lavenburg, OSV News On the occasion of St. John Paul II’s 1984 visit to Fairbanks, Alaska, at the start of a trip…
Pope receives warm nighttime welcome to Papua New Guinea
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — With a 21-cannon salute, Pope Francis was welcomed to Papua New Guinea…
NY bishops urge voters to reject proposed amendment they call ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News A proposed state constitutional amendment New York voters will consider in November could have negative ramifications for Catholic concerns,…
Pope praises ‘tunnel of friendship’ linking Jakarta mosque, cathedral
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — While members of every religion must be free to profess and practice their faith, they…
Pope urges Indonesian Catholics to live out Gospel love, spread hope
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — Even members of the most remote, smallest and poorest Christian communities are called to share…
Atlanta bishops say ‘hearts ache’ for lives ‘cruelly cut short’ by latest high school shooting
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News The Catholic bishops of Atlanta prayed “for healing and strength” for those injured during a Sept. 4 mass shooting…
Experiences as immigrant worker have shaped Washington auxiliary bishop’s ministry
By Mark Zimmermann, OSV News WASHINGTON — When Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala returned home to rural El Salvador earlier this year, his 90-year-old…
US bishops’ diocesan survey sets new baseline for Hispanic ministry in parishes nationwide
By Marietha Góngora, OSV News The U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs conducted a survey of dioceses and archdioceses in the country’s 14 episcopal regions and…
Share the Gospel with joy, pope tells Indonesia’s churchworkers
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Christian call to share the Gospel is not about trying to win converts at…