May 6, 2021 | Local, Pope Francis & Vatican, US & World
Pope prays resources move from military to pandemic prevention By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for...
Apr 21, 2021 | US & World
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Religious and priestly life must be filled with the simple joy of caring every day for what really matters — faithful friendship with God and one another, Pope Francis said. “I pray...
Apr 14, 2021 | US & World
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service CLEVELAND (CNS) — A Kings Bay Plowshares participant convicted of federal charges stemming from a 2018 protest at a Georgia naval submarine base received a 21-month prison sentence. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood...
Apr 14, 2021 | US & World
By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order April 9 announcing the formation of a commission to look into possible reforms to the Supreme Court, including the idea of expanding the court or...
Apr 14, 2021 | US & World
By Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — Decrying a rise in racial violence especially against Asian Americans, including in San Francisco, a city that has always offered “a welcoming and stable home” to newcomers, Archbishop Salvatore J....
Apr 14, 2021 | US & World
By Catholic News Service KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville offered prayers for a teenager who was killed and an injured police officer involved in a school shooting. The bishop also expressed concern in a statement April 12 following...
