Pope names six women to previously all-male Council for Economy
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Renewing the membership of the Vatican Council for the Economy, Pope Francis named six women…
St. Francis of Assisi students spend summer serving the dead
byDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, when safety restrictions kept them from serving the living, St. Francis of Assisi eighth-graders served the dead instead. Since June,…
Complicated crossings: Pandemic has not stopped migration
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The coronavirus pandemic has complicated the situation of migrants and refugees, but it has not…
Lebanon’s Catholic leaders seek help; here’s where you can donate
byCatholic News Service BEIRUT — As Lebanon’s Catholic leaders appealed for help for their country, international and U.S. organizations appealed for donations for Beirut,…
Seminarian becomes U.S. citizen
byEvrard Muhoza, a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Louisville, officially became a U.S. citizen July 31. In a ceremony at the Romano L. Mazzzoli…
Sister of Loretto Mary Frances Lottes, an educator, dies
bySister of Loretto Mary Frances Lottes, formerly Sister Margaret Mary, died July 31 at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary. She was 97 and had been…
Vatican workers who meet public tested for COVID-19 antibodies
byBy Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Vatican employees and workers who have contact with the public are being tested for the…
Concerns raised over restrictions’ long-term impact on spiritual health
byBy Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone thanked priests of the archdiocese in a July 30 letter for…
Nicaraguan bishops denounce Managua cathedral arson attack as ‘terrorism’
byBy David Agren Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — The Nicaraguan bishops’ conference has called an arson attack on the Managua cathedral “an act…
Trump, Congress urged to make ‘access to quality education’ a priority
byBy Catholic News Service IRONDALE, Ala. — Two U.S. cardinals and the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have an urgent message for…