First Communion recipient overcomes obstacle, gives hope to others
By Janet Jones
COLUMBUS, Texas (CNS) — Carson Crosby, a student at St. Anthony Catholic School in Columbus who received his first Communion this spring,...
McCarrick Report Called Needed Step Toward Accountability, Transparency
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — Prelates in the archdioceses and the diocese where Theodore McCarrick worked during his rise through the church’s hierarchical structure...
‘We Want God,’ Oregon Protesters Say, Demanding Expanded Church Attendance
By Ed Langlois
SALEM, Ore. (CNS) — More than 400 flag-waving, rosary-toting demonstrators huddled outside the Oregon Capitol Nov. 28 to press against state coronavirus...
Bishops Say Order on LBGTQ Equality Has Implications for Religious Liberty
By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging executive order to extend existing federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people exceeds the U.S. Supreme...
Blessed McGivney: Model Parish Priest with ‘Zeal’ for Gospel, for Serving...
By Julie Asher
(CNS) Blessed Michael J. McGivney was “an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance” because of his “zeal” for proclaiming the...
National Shrine to host May 17 worldwide praying of the Rosary
By Richard Szczepanowski
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will host a recitation of the rosary on Monday,...
Pandemic Opens the Way to New Possibilities of Evangelization, Bishops Say
By Dennis Sadowski
CLEVELAND (CNS) — The coronavirus pandemic may have led to debilitating isolation among Catholics, but it has not lessened people’s hunger for...
Parishes Should Plan Now How to Welcome Back Parishioners to Church
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Even with many recent hopeful signs on vaccinations and the reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases, there is...
Pew Report: Catholics, at 20% of Population, Make Up 30% of...
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics, although they make up about 20% of the U.S. population, remain at 30% of the new Congress, according...
U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chair Calls Plan to Codify Roe in Federal...
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee called it “deeply disturbing and tragic” that any U.S. president would mark the...
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