Set up a Nativity scene, pray there before Christmas, pope suggests
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Putting up a Nativity scene before Christmas is a reminder to stop and remember what Christmas…
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Two archbishops urge support of House resolution on assisted suicide
byBy Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Two U.S. archbishops urged support of a House concurrent resolution that calls for “comprehensive medical care” over suicide or…
‘Christendom no longer exists,’ pope says, explaining need to revamp Curia
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The ongoing reform of the Roman Curia is a necessary part of the Catholic Church’s fidelity…
Court won’t take challenge to Ky. law requiring ultrasound before abortion
byWASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 9 declined to take up a challenge to a Kentucky ultrasound law that requires a physician or…
Pope says he is ‘scandalized’ by anti-migrant rhetoric
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told Jesuits in Thailand he was “scandalized” by some of the anti-migrant rhetoric…
Religious freedom is a basic human right, says lawyer for Little Sisters
byBy Linda Petersen Catholic News Service SALT LAKE CITY — As an attorney with Becket, a religious liberty law firm, Luke Goodrich is proud…
Advocates for poor expect new SNAP rule will boost hunger nationwide
byBy Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine…
Bishop Malone resigns; Albany bishop named apostolic administrator
byBy Catholic News Service BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bishop Richard J. Malone told Catholics Dec. 4 he asked Pope Francis to allow him to…
March for Life theme borrows page from suffragist centennial
byBy Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United…
Beatification for Archbishop Sheen postponed
byBy Catholic News Service PEORIA, Ill. — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of…