Encore: To honor Rev. King, work harder for justice, U.S. bishops urge
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, "we need to ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to build the culture of love, respect and peace to [...]
Resurrection can inspire hope, love in a divided world, cardinal says
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Easter is a time to remember the joy that Jesus is alive and that his resurrection can inspire hope and love in the world, said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president [...]
Update: Pope appoints new auxiliary bishop for San Francisco Archdiocese
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has appointed Dominican Father Robert F. Christian as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Bishop-designate Christian, 69, is a native of San Francisco. He entered the Dominicans [...]
Indiana inmates embrace fresh start by joining the Catholic Church
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- There are times when nearly everyone seeks redemption for a mistake or a moment of darkness, times that can help find a way to return to the grace of God. For Opal [...]
Catholic school students join peers in march against gun violence
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the parish hall of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, elders handed markers to younger members of the parish as they filled in posters with the Gospel-based message from the Book [...]
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 [...]
Can axe-throwing Man Tour hit target of leading young men to the church?
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- While talking about The Man Tour, Conventual Franciscan Brother Andrew Hennessy shares his purpose for creating an evening that combines throwing axes, drinking beer, eating pizza, smoking cigars and participating in eucharistic [...]
Puerto Rico still suffering; Extension campaign aims to help its parishes
CHICAGO (CNS) -- Six months after Hurricane Maria wreaked unprecedented devastation on Puerto Rico, the island is still suffering, and much of the relief and recovery help people have received has come from Catholic parishes. [...]
Supreme Court examines freedom of speech at crisis pregnancy centers
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In oral arguments before the Supreme Court March 20, justices seemed skeptical about a California law that requires pro-life pregnancy centers in the state to visibly display information about abortions to their [...]
South Carolina artist honors memories of Holocaust victims with drawings
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (CNS) -- Mary Burkett never had formal art lessons. Drawing was something she resolved to try as a hobby in January 2017. She decided to sketch the face of a little boy [...]
Irish-born religious recall leaving homeland to devote lives to U.S. kids
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio (CNS) -- When Sister Anne McCrohan said goodbye to her parents and most of her 10 siblings at a train station in County Kerry, she thought it was forever. At age 18, Sister [...]
National School Walkout is time of prayer for many Catholic schools
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- March 14, exactly one month since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students from around the country planned to walk out of their schools in protest of the nation's gun laws [...]