Catholic college president describes ‘difficult times’ in his native Haiti
byBy iObserve staff, Catholic News Service CHICOPEE, Mass. — Harry Dumay, president of the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee and…
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Bishops say U.S. government must urgently act to relocate fleeing Afghans
byCatholic News Service WASHINGTON — Saying that a humanitarian crisis is developing in Afghanistan, the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees called on the…
Miami’s Haitians urged to look to Mary for hope for long-suffering homeland
byBy Marlene Quaroni, Catholic News Service MIAMI — The day after a 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti’s southwestern peninsula, Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski celebrated…
San Diego bishop asks priests not to give religious exemption for vaccine
byCatholic News Service SAN DIEGO — Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego urged priests Aug. 11 to “caringly decline” to provide any Catholics…
Relief workers: Haiti earthquake complicated by economy, gangs, weather
byBy Tom Tracy, Catholic News Service Relief workers in Haiti said the Aug. 14 earthquake might not be as catastrophic as the 2010 quake…
Cardinal Parolin: Church proud of Chinese Catholics’ ‘witness of faith’
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY —While the Holy See continues to dialogue with the Chinese government, the church is proud…
Some Catholic hospitals now require employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, president of the Catholic Health Association, is on a mission. She hopes…
Environmental leaders: U.N. climate change report can spur prayerful action
byBy Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service Amadou Diallo, a program manager for Catholic Relief Services in his native Senegal, knows from talking with the…
Musicologist hopes to reconstruct 12-century organ from Bethlehem church
byBy Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service JERUSALEM — Frozen in time, like a “musical Pompeii,” the 221 remaining original organ pipes from the Church…
Only Jesus reveals true Gospel, pope says at first audience after surgery
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The true Gospel has been revealed by Jesus Christ, not by individuals or founders of…