Pope names Steven Chu to Pontifical Academy of Sciences
By Anne Condodina, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis appointed Steven Chu, a Nobel-winning physicist from the United States, to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Chu, who...
View ArticleJudge orders arrest of longtime suspect in St. Romero's 1980 killing
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Days after the Catholic Church declared Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a saint, a judge in El Salvador issued a capture order for...
View ArticleKenyan priests say terror attacks threaten Catholic churches
By Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- As frequent terror attacks continue in northeastern Kenya, Catholic bishops and priests are warning that the acts are posing threats to...
View ArticleCourt hears arguments in suit aiming to take mandate exemption from nuns
By Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco heard oral arguments Oct. 19 in a lawsuit that aims to overturn a 2017 federal regulation...
View ArticleMarch for Life in January will emphasize 'pro-life is pro-science'
By Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Next year's March for Life plans to fortify its pro-life message with science that proves life begins at conception and with a specific focus...
View ArticleVietnam releases, then exiles jailed Catholic blogger
By Catholic News Service HANOI, Vietnam (CNS) -- Vietnam has freed a well-known Catholic blogger and rights activist jailed two years ago for posting anti-government material on social media and forced...
View ArticleSouth Korea grants refugee status to Iranian student who became Catholic
By Catholic News Service SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) -- An Iranian student who converted to Catholicism in South Korea has obtained refugee status through the efforts of Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of...
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National and world news, November 2, 2018
Pope Francis blesses the unborn child of Gina and Jonathan Lewis after a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment, at the Vatican Oct. 26. Jonathan Lewis...
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USCCB president condemns shooting at synagogue, all ‘acts of hate’
A teen mourns during a candlelight vigil Oct. 27 for victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. (CNS) WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with “our brothers...
View ArticlePope focuses on 'good politics' for 2019 World Peace Day message
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world will not have peace without people having mutual trust and respecting each other's word, the Vatican said as it announced Pope...
View ArticlePanama's church leaders hope World Youth Day strengthens parishes
By Manuel Rueda, Catholic News Service PANAMA CITY (CNS) — The Church of Christ the Redeemer was built with Panama's hot and humid weather in mind. There are no walls on the building. Its tall round...
View ArticleGuam's Agana Archdiocese to file bankruptcy, reorganize under Chapter 11
By Catholic News Service HAGATNA, Guam (CNS) — Sometime in the weeks ahead, the Archdiocese of Agana will file bankruptcy and reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Archbishop Michael...
View ArticleCatholic agencies closely monitor giving after clergy sex abuse shock
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Leaders and fundraisers at Catholic organizations are cautiously monitoring the level of donations and gifts as the end-of-the-year giving...
View ArticleHigh court to consider if 40-foot-cross war memorial endorses religion
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court announced Nov. 2 that it would hear oral arguments this term to consider if a 40-foot cross in Maryland endorses religion...
View ArticleNew coordinating body for Catholic charismatic activities announced
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The two international bodies that had been supporting and coordinating the international activities of charismatic Catholics will become one new...
View ArticleVoters in two states OK anti-abortion measures, but Oregon funding stays
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — An Oregon measure that would have banned state funding for elective and late-term abortions was defeated by voters Nov. 6, while an...
View ArticlePittsburgh parishes asked to collect funds for Jewish congregations
By Catholic News Service PITTSBURGH (CNS) — Parishes throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh will take up a special collection for the three Jewish congregations that worship at the Tree of Life...
View ArticlePope recognizes martyrdom of U.S. Christian Brother
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of De La Salle Christian Brother James Miller, who was born in Wisconsin and was shot to death in...
View ArticlePakistani priest now in U.S. recalls his own persecution in home country
By Gina Christian, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — A Pakistani Catholic priest living in Philadelphia is grateful to learn that Asia Bibi, a Catholic convicted of violating Pakistan's strict...
View ArticleAsia Bibi's acquittal of blasphemy challenged in Pakistan Supreme Court
By Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country's Supreme Court,...
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Rome steps in, votes delayed at fall bishops’ meeting
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, listens to a question Nov. 12 during the fall general assembly of the USCCB in Baltimore. (CNS)...
View ArticleBuzz on film on CUA-alum pianist prompts look at Shirley's college years
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Little-known fact: Classical-influenced jazz pianist Don Shirley, the focus of the new movie "Green Book," was a graduate of The Catholic...
View ArticleVatican, World Youth Day officials release pope's Panama itinerary
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When Pope Francis visits Panama for World Youth Day in January, he will meet with young people not able to attend the festivities:...
View ArticleBishops facing angry questions over mishandling of abuse reports
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — U.S. bishops admitted during a wide-ranging discussion during their fall general assembly that parishioners are angry and continually ask how...
View ArticleSimple Christians: Ordinary Trappist martyrs gave extraordinary witness
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After Islamic terrorists stormed the Algerian monastery he called home, Trappist Father Christian de Cherge felt compelled to put pen...
View ArticleOhio House passes bill to ban abortion after heartbeat of unborn detected
By Catholic News Service COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNS) — The Ohio House for the second time in two years has passed a ban on abortion after the fetal heartbeat is detected, which could occur within the first...
View ArticleMore than 40 killed, hundreds displaced as cyclone hits southern India
By Catholic News Service NEW DELHI (CNS) — A cyclone killed more than 40 people and displaced hundreds of others in southern India, severely damaging farmland and buildings, including the region's most...
View ArticleMo. bishop calls for greater lay role in church, including abuse probes
By Catholic News Service JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CNS) — Laypeople need to help the U.S. bishops get out from under the clerical sex abuse scandal that is plaguing the church, said Bishop W. Shawn McKnight...
View ArticleJesuit priest who led teacher training center killed in South Sudan
By Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — A Jesuit priest from Kenya was reported killed in central South Sudan, according to local media. Father Victor Luke Odhiambo, 62, died Nov. 14 when armed...
View ArticleIn Washington Franciscan custos calls attention to Holy Land Christians
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Some Christians would consider it a blessing to live in the land where Jesus Christ was born and lived. But for some Christians who live with...
View ArticleHuge Catholic-run food pantry creates Thanksgiving blessing for the poor
By Katie Rutter, Catholic News Service INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Jesus himself might have set the all-time food record when he miraculously served 5,000 men with a few loaves and fish. In this day and age,...
View Article'Every day is Thanksgiving,' says Cherokee chief
By Gina Christian, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Thanksgiving should be a daily attitude rather than an annual observance, according to an American Indian leader in Pennsylvania. Chief...
View ArticleCatholic brother hails trial of Belgian docs for violating euthanasia law
By Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- The head of a Catholic order that runs homes for psychiatric patients welcomed the first prosecutions of Belgian doctors for an...
View ArticleRetired pope corrects 'false insinuation' by German theologian
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI sent a letter correcting a German theologian who implied that the former pontiff encouraged the...
View ArticlePope pays tribute to slain Pakistani Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Commemorating the witness of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pope Francis expressed his hope that the Pakistani Catholic's death will be a source of...
View ArticleSacramento Catholic schools welcome students displaced by fires for free
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Once the California wildfires were contained -- after burning for more than two weeks and ravaging the town of Paradise and nearby...
View ArticleArchdiocese of Santa Fe to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
By Catholic News Service ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CNS) -- Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, said the archdiocese planned to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the...
View ArticleCatholics in region devastated by Boko Haram have 'unshakable faith'
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Bishop Oliver D. Doeme of Maiduguri, Nigeria, has seen his share of death, violence and destruction in the past nine years, but he keeps...
View ArticleEnglish bishop says miracle of U.S. woman could make Newman a saint
By Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- Catholic bishops have expressed hope that Pope Francis will canonize Blessed John Henry Newman in 2019 after Vatican medics said...
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National and world news, December 7, 2018
Asking for a private audience — A mother retrieves her son after he wandered onstage during Pope Francis' general audience Nov. 28 in Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Seated at left is Archbishop Georg...
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Statement by Cardinal DiNardo on the closing of the USCCB’s 2018 plenary
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (CNS photo) By Cardinal Daniel DiNardo Brothers, I opened the meeting expressing some...
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National and world news, January 4, 2019
Pope Francis finishes twirling a soccer ball presented by a member of CirCuba, the Cuban national circus, during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 2. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)...
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Time passes, but God’s love endures, pope says as 2018 ends
Pope Francis visits the "Sand Nativity" in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 31. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The end of one year and beginning of next naturally leads people to...
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Abuse expert hopes summit will include bishops’ accountability
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a professor of psychology and president of the Center for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, is pictured in a 2015 photo. Father Zollner has...
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National and world news, February 1, 2019
Protesters carry letters to form the word “Democracy” while taking part in a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas Jan. 23, 2019. The Venezuelan bishops’ conference...
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Church leaders call Philippine church attack ‘heinous and evil’
Philippine army soldiers walk near covered bodies as they inspect damage outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel following a bomb blast in Jolo Jan. 27, 2019. The explosion, just before...
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Birth mother and daughter who reunited a year ago March for Life together
Carole Tessier rides with her birth mother, Margaret Teece Nagella, to the March for Life in Washington Jan. 18, 2019. Tessier met her birth mother for the first time almost a year ago. (CNS...
View ArticleNational and world news, February 15, 2019
Kansas AG files appeal on telemedicine abortion law A recent district court decision that appears to have blocked enforcement of a telemedicine abortion statute enacted by the Kansas legislature in...
View ArticleSteinfels: Grand jury report needed thorough review, which no one had done
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Upon first hearing in August of the findings of a Pennsylvania grand jury about how Catholic clergy abused children and young people, veteran journalist Peter Steinfels was, like a...
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National and world news, March 1, 2019
Heavenly sight — Icicles glisten in the sun over the steeple of St. Gabriel the Archangel Church in Neenah, Wis., Feb. 13. The day before brought 8 to 15 inches of snow to the majority of the Diocese...
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