Update: Pope, Pence meet at the Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After Pope Francis and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met privately for nearly an hour at the Vatican, Pence told the pope that his Roman Catholic mother will be pleased with [...]
The Divine Plan
NEW YORK (CNS) -- "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players," says Shakespeare in "As You Like It." For people of faith, the world is God's stage, but we [...]
Impeachment? Add it to the list of reasons bills are sidetracked
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- So an impeachment query in the House, and a potential trial in the Senate, want to get in the way of legislation being considered in Congress? Take a number. Advocates for several [...]
Catholics can offer calming voice in a time of fiery political debates
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholics -- clergy, religious and laypeople in the pews -- can utilize the values of their faith to overcome the increasing fiery rhetoric emerging because of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald [...]
Update: Australian pro-life leaders organize to block bill legalizing abortion
SYDNEY (CNS) -- Thousands of pro-life supporters demonstrated in the streets of Sydney, expressing their opposition to a bill in the New South Wales state parliament that would permit abortion until birth for any reason. [...]
Guatemala’s new president faces U.S. challenges on migration
GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) -- Sunday Mass Aug. 11 at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Guatemala City included prayers for the two candidates running in that day's runoff election and the country's outgoing president. A woman at [...]
Update: Cardinal Burke cuts ties with institute, citing its alignment with Bannon
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, saying it has become "more and more identified with the political program" of Steve Bannon. In a letter posted [...]
Church attacked by Maduro loyalists after Mass, Venezuelan bishop says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raged across the country, National Guard forces loyal to the embattled head of state launched tear gas at churchgoers attending Mass at a local [...]
Update: Migrant advocate welcomes president to Rio Grande Valley
MCALLEN, Texas (CNS) -- President Donald Trump joined a roundtable discussion to hear about how agencies in South Texas are responding to the influx of refugees on the southern border. The discussion Jan. 10 came [...]
Bishops ‘cannot, in good faith, endorse’ new GOP immigration bill
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops "cannot, in good faith, endorse" an immigration bill submitted by the House's Republican leadership, said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Migration. [...]
Dolan: Democratic Party abandons Catholics, favors abortion agenda
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The once "big tent" of the Democratic Party "now seems a pup tent" as a party that Catholics once embraced has abandoned so many issues Catholics cherish, such as the sanctity [...]
Acts of love, courage are signs of God’s grace in the U.S., Trump says
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Acts of love, courage and sacrifice by first responders, parents and children alike are hallmarks of a country that is rooted in prayer and deep faith in God, President Donald Trump told [...]