Scouts see how different faith traditions live out Ten Commandments
OGDEN, Utah (CNS) -- Each year for the past decade, a group of Boy Scouts in Ogden have spent a day walking from house of worship to house of worship, learning how the Ten Commandments [...]
Ryan, Brownback, archbishop address National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- This year's National Catholic Prayer breakfast took on a decidedly Kansas flavor, as Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City and Sam Brownback, a former House and Senate member and governor of [...]
Chicago priest’s effort to build community earns CCHD leadership award
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A year into his priesthood, Father Matt O'Donnell was named a pastor. Days before his 27th birthday in 2013, Father O'Donnell arrived at St. Columbanus Parish in Chicago's South Side Park Manor [...]
Church official cautiously optimistic about DACA bills before Congress
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The executive director of the U.S. bishops' Migration and Refugee Services gives credit to a group of moderate Republicans in Congress trying to revive interest in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals legislation, [...]
Update: Texas archdiocese, bishops offer healing, support after shooting
HOUSTON (CNS) -- In response to the May 18 school shooting at a Houston-area high school, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said the archdiocesan community would "unite to support and offer healing to those [...]
Accompanying families, reaching out to youth recurring encuentro themes
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Catholic Church needs to walk with and accompany Hispanic and immigrant families, reach out to youth and young adults, and strengthen faith and leadership formation. These were the recurring themes voiced [...]
Encore: Diploma a source of pride, uncertainty for graduating Dreamers
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A group of current Trinity Washington University graduates are proud of what they've accomplished but also very anxious about the future. These emotions could ring true for almost any graduate, but for [...]
Meghan Markle’s Catholic school celebrates royal wedding
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Royal wedding fever has caught on in many places, but it has a particular soft spot at Immaculate Heart Middle School and High School outside Los Angeles, the school Meghan Markle attended [...]
Sex trafficking is ‘rooted in structure of society,’ says speaker
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation may need its own #MeToo moment, according to a leading trafficking opponent. Good Shepherd Sister Winifred Doherty, who is her religious congregation's representative to [...]
Graduates urged to proclaim ‘a new American story’ of ‘holiness, heroism’
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The American story began with the Catholic missionaries who first shaped the nation with the Gospel and proclaimed the dignity of all, a truth the class of 2018 must share to the [...]
Volcano’s lava flow displaces members of one Hawaii parish
HONOLULU (CNS) -- In addition to offering prayers, the Catholic Church is stepping into action on behalf of hundreds of residents displaced from a fierce and unpredictable volcanic eruption. Members of Sacred Heart Parish in [...]
Bishops discuss how their moms gave practical, spiritual help
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Just in time for Mother's Day, a handful of bishops shared memories of their moms on a recent podcast by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops, interviewed on the "Made [...]