Haitian immigrant back home working for CRS says faith gives her hope
SAN DIEGO (CNS) -- When Cassandra Bissainthe left Haiti for the United States some 17 years ago, it seemed unlikely that she would ever return. Political instability and economic insecurity were rampant in her homeland, [...]
Sisters minister to intellectually disabled people, offer catechesis
SYRACUSE. N.Y. (CNS) -- In the nautical world, a "spar" is the straight pole used to support the sails and rigging of a ship. In the world of faith and the ministry of the Daughters [...]
U.S. Catholics’ political leanings affect their approval ratings of pope
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the advent of Pope Francis' fifth anniversary in the papacy, a new Pew Research poll of U.S. Catholics shows their regard of the pope is, for the first time, colored by [...]
Update: Immigrants, advocates navigating post-DACA-deadline landscape
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The last government shutdown -- well, threatened shutdown, anyway -- seems so long ago. The nine-hour "funding lapse" of Feb. 9, like the three-day shutdown that began Jan. 20, hinged on how [...]
A Salvadoran immigrant serves as barber, friend to Washington’s poor
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Hair clippers and brushes are the tools 34-year-old Rudy Romero uses to carry out his mission to help the poor and homeless. For the past four years, he has rushed three times [...]
Bishop Pepe of Las Vegas retires; Bishop Thomas to succeed him
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 75-year-old Bishop Joseph A. Pepe of Las Vegas and has named Bishop George L. Thomas of Helena, Montana, to succeed him. The resignation of Bishop [...]
Update: Dozens of Catholics arrested as they ask Congress to help ‘Dreamers’
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Dozens of Catholics, including men and women religious, were arrested near the U.S. Capitol Feb. 27 in the rotunda of a Senate building in Washington as they called on lawmakers to help [...]
U.S. leaders praise Rev. Billy Graham at U.S. Capitol ceremony
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Donald Trump and congressional leaders paid tribute to the Rev. Billy Graham Feb. 28 in a brief ceremony before the public could pay respects to the evangelist while he lies in [...]
Immigrant youth express fears, determination through self-portraits
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) -- "I want my dad to stay with me.""We are not giving up. We keep going." The words of first- and second-generation immigrant students in Portland are written across bold self-portraits, conveying [...]
Therapy dog brings joy, stress relief to students at Catholic school
OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) -- Every Wednesday morning, Bo roams the halls at St. James-Seton School in Omaha. But he's not a student ducking class -- he's a golden retriever/Labrador mix eager to offer a friendly [...]
Update: As DACA deadline nears, Catholics urge fix for immigration woes
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Last September, as President Donald Trump pulled the plug on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, he also gave Congress a March 5 deadline to find a permanent legislative solution that [...]
Update: Rev. Graham dies; famous evangelist was admired by most Americans
MONTREAT, N.C. (CNS) -- The Rev. Billy Graham, a fiery Baptist preacher who was easily the most famous evangelist of the 20th century and for decades one of the world figures most admired by Americans, [...]