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…
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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…
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…
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…