National
News Briefs: January 13, 2019
House budget bill repeals ‘Mexico City Policy’ on NGO abortion funding WASHINGTON (CNS) — The budget bill passed by the House of Representatives to try to end the partial government […]
National
News Briefs: January 5, 2020
Amid these trying times, faithful urged to look to good news of Christmas PHILADLEPHIA (CNS) — In a world and culture that makes believers weary and wary, the Ukrainian Catholic […]
World News
News Briefs: January 6, 2019
Vatican begins investigation of Archbishop McCarrick WASHINGTON (CNS) -— James Grein, a Virginia man who said Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, sexually abused him for years beginning […]
World News
CRS working in Indonesia to assess needs of tsunami survivors
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) — Catholic Relief Services is working with local partners to help determine the greatest needs of survivors of Indonesia’s Dec. 22 tsunami, said Yenni Suryani, country manager […]
National
Young adults leaving Church start down that path at age 13
By Nicholas Wolfram Smith SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CNS) — To find Catholics who have left the Church, start looking at the faces in the pews, according to a recent report. […]
Special
The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ from the Roman Martyrology
Introduction The announcement of the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord from the Roman Martyrology draws upon Sacred Scripture to declare in a formal way the birth of Christ. […]
National
News Briefs: December 23, 2018
Filmmaker’s ‘Camino’ documentary finally finds home on PBS WASHINGTON (CNS) — What a long, strange trip it’s been. Not walking the 500 miles in a pilgrimage from southern France to […]
National
Venerating Cure d’Ars’ relic can help Church ‘heal,’ says head of Knights
By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — The incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, “reminds us God uses instruments to be ministers of his grace and […]
Perspective
Book recounts Notre Dame’s little-known fight against Ku Klux Klan
By Eugene Fisher This excellent book will engage Catholic readers with the history not only of University of Notre Dame but also of the anti-Catholicism that prevailed in much of […]
National
Women religious launch Advent with the light appearing in darkness
By Katie Rutter BEECH GROVE, Ind. (CNS) — A few purple hangings and an Advent wreath were the only signs of the season in the dark chapel of the Our […]
National
News Briefs: Dec. 16, 2018
11th Circuit ruling ‘finally’ ends EWTN court fight over HHS mandate IRONDALE, Ala. (CNS) — The chairman and CEO of the Eternal Word Television Network said the global Catholic media […]
Perspective
Christmas movies to brighten the spirit
WASHINGTON — The following movies have been evaluated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops according to artistic merit and moral suitability. The reviews include the USCCB rating, the Motion Picture […]