Virtual Bishops’ Meeting: More Efficient, Less Personal, Some Bishops Found
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a year when most meetings have switched to an online format, the fall assembly of the U.S. bishops...
Pastor’s Stamps from Prized Collection Cover Cost of Evangelizing by Mail
By Kristen L. Byrd
GLEN ALLEN, Va. (CNS) — When St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Glen Allen received a bequest from the estate of...
Catholic Scholars: Any Available COVID-19 Vaccine is Morally Acceptable
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A group of prominent Catholic scholars said they believe it is morally acceptable for anyone to receive any of the COVID-19...
CHA Letter to Biden Reveals Extensive List of Health Care Priorities
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Catholic Health Association issued an extensive list of priorities it would like President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to pursue.
Those...
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...
Many Texas Parishes to Keep Face Masks, Even with Mandate Lifted
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Many Catholic parishes in Texas will continue to ask parishioners to wear face masks and will limit capacity for...
Religious Freedom Advocates: Will New Administration Continue Support?
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of the most frequently expressed questions during an international religious freedom symposium Nov. 19 was whether the attention...
Q & A on the U.S. Bishops’ Vote to Draft a...
From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
June 21, 2021
Since the conclusion of the Spring Plenary Assembly of the U.S. bishops last week, there...
Nine Sisters of St. Joseph Die in COVID-19 Outbreak in New...
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) — As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise in the United States, the pandemic has taken a terrible toll on...
‘We Were Here’ — Health Care Chaplains Reflect on COVID-19 Ministry
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation this past year, hospital chaplains — already accustomed to helping people cope...