Pope calls for prayers for forgiveness, coexistence in Holy Land
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has called on the world’s Catholics to pray May 22 for dialogue, forgiveness…
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From Babel to Pentecost: Dialogue and proclamation thrive on witness
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In official Catholic teaching and in the challenges of everyday life, both interreligious dialogue and…
White House hosts visit for ‘Dreamers’; six young people meet with Biden
byBy Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service President Joe Biden welcomed to the White House May 14 six beneficiaries of a program that helps young…
Petition launched to show Catholic support for healthy planet, people
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With global leaders meeting in the fall for two critical U.N. conferences — one on…
South Carolina death penalty now includes electric chair, firing squad
byBy Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill requiring death-row inmates to choose between the electric…
U.S. climate envoy meets pope, speaks at Vatican conference
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis…
The church and the world need Catholic Scouts, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told a group of young women and men that as Catholic Scouts they…
Riding the green wave: Momentum for Laudato Si’ gears up for next decade
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When the special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year closes May 24, it will celebrate progress made…
In Gaza, tiny Catholic community tries to stay in touch during airstrikes
byBy Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service Since early May 11, Israeli bombs have been falling around the Rosary Sisters school in Gaza, which sustained…
Advocate: S. Carolina approval of firing squad, electric chair ‘chilling’
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The passage of a bill by South Carolina lawmakers in early May to restart executions after…