VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Having considered the holiness of St. Paul VI and the influence of his ministry for the church worldwide, Pope Francis has approved putting the saint on the church’s universal calendar of feast days as an optional — not
LORTON, Va. (CNS) — Anger and disgust over comments by Virginia politicians supporting abortion even when a woman is delivering her baby inspired hundreds of people with two days’ notice to attend the pro-life Resist Infanticide Rally outside South County High School
WASHINGTON (CNS) — At the last Mass of the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo told hundreds of participants who were preparing to talk later to their representatives in Congress that “Jesus walks with us” when doing the social ministry
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CNS) — Pope Francis told reporters he is more afraid of the consequences of not engaging in interreligious dialogue than he is of being manipulated by some Muslim leaders. He told reporters
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Statistics tell the grim story of the opioid crisis that has beset the United States. But the personal stories can be even more grim. Many of those attending a Feb. 3 workshop on the opioid crisis at the Catholic
WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the Society of St. Vincent de Paul continues to evolve into an organization that asks why the people it serves are poor, one unavoidable answer is imprisonment. The organization learned that “30 percent of those going to food
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CNS) — Meeting with tens of thousands of Catholics living in the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis urged them to be meek, peaceful and express their Christian identity by loving others. The UAE Catholic community, which numbers
WASHINGTON (CNS) — New York state’s new law allowing abortion essentially “for any reason through all nine months of pregnancy” and similar legislation proposed in Virginia and other states is “evil, pure and simple,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When you head to Mass this Sunday, chances are you will hear the intention “an increase in vocations to the religious life” lifted up before the gifts are presented. A recent survey suggests those prayers might be getting answered.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CNS) — The sun had set long before Pope Francis arrived in Abu Dhabi Feb. 3, but Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince, and Egyptian Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, still went