Bishop Conlon takes medical leave from Diocese of Joliet, Ill.
byBy Catholic News Service JOLIET, Ill. — Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of Joliet announced he is taking a medical leave of absence starting Dec….
Flannery O’Connor’s letters sparkle, but editor’s commentary lacking
byBy Rachelle Linner Catholic News Service “Good Things Out of Nazareth: The Uncollected Letters of Flannery O’Connor & Friends,” edited by Benjamin B. Alexander….
Catholic leaders in Holy Land pray Christmas season will bring justice
byBy Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service JERUSALEM — Christmas is a reminder of the redemption granted by God, despite encounters with sins such as…
Missouri priest finds beauty in the ‘king of instruments’
byBy Jay Nies Catholic News Service JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Mozart proclaims the organ to be the “king of instruments,” but it actually works…
Pope, at Angelus, prays for Philippine victims of typhoon
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Reciting the Angelus with thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square the day after Christmas,…
Faith leaders, nonprofit groups hail House repeal of ‘parking lot tax’
byBy Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Congress has repealed a so-called “parking lot tax” that was part of the 2017 tax cut measure and…
Pope prays Christmas softens hardened hearts to bring peace, justice
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The light of peace, hope and salvation brought into the world with the birth of Jesus…
Christmas says, ‘You are loved,’ pope says in homily
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Christmas night tells each person, no matter how poor or sinful, that they are utterly and…
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…
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…