By Catholic News Service SILVER SPRING, Md. (CNS) — The Leadership Conference of Women Religious said May 27 it will join a group of over 100 national faith leaders — from Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions — who have called for … Continue reading →

By Kurt Jensen  Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, may be an ideal prospective saint for the current age, said Carl L. Anderson, supreme knight of the international fraternal order. … Continue reading →

By Mark Pattison  Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The theme song to the Disney Channel’s old “Phineas and Ferb” cartoon series proclaims, “There’s 104 days to summer vacation.” Parents are forgiven for thinking, “Only 104?” They haven’t see much … Continue reading →

By Jeff Thomas  Catholic News Service In recent weeks, U.S. dioceses have begun issuing their own plans for the gradual reopening of churches over several phases with the safety of congregants, priests, deacons and other parish staff foremost in the … Continue reading →

By Eduardo Campos Lima  Catholic News Service SAO PAULO (CNS) — Catholic missionaries in Latin America say they have noticed disturbing signs of an increase in child abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. The social turmoil provoked by the disease and … Continue reading →

By Cindy Wooden  Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — As Italian Catholics prepared to celebrate Pentecost, the second Sunday with Masses permitted with a limited number of faithful, bishops and priests were still debating whether to continue livestreaming Masses as … Continue reading →

By Maria Wiering  Catholic News Service ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — A video showing a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed man repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe,” and who appears to lose consciousness or die while … Continue reading →

By Junno Arocho Esteves  Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of two women and 11 men, including a miracle attributed to Blessed Charles de Foucauld. In a meeting May 27 with Cardinal Giovanni … Continue reading →

By Judith Sudilovsky  Catholic News Service BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) — Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site opened to visitors May 26 after being closed since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But … Continue reading →

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Congress needs to remember the needs of “the poor, the vulnerable and people on the margins” when considering additional pandemic economic relief packages, said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee … Continue reading →

By Ruby Thomas  Catholic News Service LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) — As the coronavirus digs deeper into Navajo Nation, infecting Native Americans at a higher rate than anywhere in the country, 1,500 miles away a nonprofit in the Archdiocese of Louisville … Continue reading →

By Cindy Wooden  Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Prayer is powerful not because it changes God or God’s plans, but because it changes individuals and communities, one heart at a time, Pope Francis said. “Prayer is powerful because … Continue reading →

By Cindy Wooden  Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification. While the Vatican announced … Continue reading →