Pope appeals for aid to Lebanon, still suffering one year after blast
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Marking the one-year anniversary of a deadly explosion in Beirut, Pope Francis said Lebanon needs…
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Hundreds march for voting rights, justice near U.S. Capitol; 200 arrested
byCatholic News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people marched — and over 200 of them were arrested — Aug. 2 at a “Moral Monday”…
Justice Department sues Texas as it tries to halt transport of migrants
byBy Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service The Biden administration filed a lawsuit July 30 against the state of Texas, trying to stop enforcement of…
Pro-life advocates hope new flag becomes unifying symbol of movement
byBy George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — The rainbow flag is an instantly recognized symbol of the LGBTQ movement, just as…
Eucharist document should unite, not divide, the church, panelists advise
byBy Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in the middle of drafting a teaching document on the Eucharist, received…
Nearly 3,700 women religious urge Senate to pass For the People Act
byCatholic News Service BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, other women religious and laypeople attend a rally in…
Two Texas bishops say closing facilities would violate religious freedom
byBy Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service The bishops who head the El Paso and Dallas dioceses in Texas have asked Gov. Greg Abbott to…
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by Baghdad market bombing
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed his condolences after a suicide bombing in a busy market in…
Advocates: Ruling against DACA must push Congress to act
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Catholic immigration advocates are urging Congress and President Joe Biden to speed up legislation to protect…
Traditional Latin Mass ‘movement’ sows division, archbishop says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ letter explaining why he was restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Mass…