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 [...]
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 [...]