National/World News

By Gregory A. Shemitz, Catholic News Service BLUE POINT, N.Y. —  Father Kevin M. Smith, a veteran fire chaplain, trauma counselor and loyal friend…

By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a late-night decision Sept. 1, the Supreme Court ruled against blocking a Texas law banning…

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While financial reforms in the Vatican are progressing steadily, cases involving corruption and malfeasance…

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In his first interview since undergoing surgery in July, Pope Francis criticized Western attempts…

Catholic News Service CLEVELAND — A national eviction moratorium that protected millions of Americans who have fallen behind on rent payments is unconstitutional, the…

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition…

By Christina Gray, Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — Roots of Peace founder Heidi Kuhn is on a deadline-driven, life-or-death mission to get her…

Catholic News Service BROOKLYN — Retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy A. Sansaricq of Brooklyn, who had ministered in the Diocese of Brooklyn since 1971, died…

By iObserve staff, Catholic News Service CHICOPEE, Mass. — Harry Dumay, president of the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee and…