High court won’t hear states’ appeals over defunding Planned Parenthood

Dec 11, 2018 | US & World

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pro-life leaders said they were disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court declined Dec. 10 to hear appeals from Kansas and Louisiana on lower court rulings that have stopped the states from blocking Medicaid funds going to...

Venerating Cure d’Ars’ relic can help church ‘heal,’ says head of Knights

Dec 11, 2018 | US & World

By Richard Szczepanowski | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, “reminds us God uses instruments to be ministers of his grace and mercy,” said Archbishop Christophe...

Houston clergy, religious bid final goodbye to nation’s 41st president

Dec 10, 2018 | US & World

By James Ramos | Catholic News Service HOUSTON (CNS) — For Sister Mary Brendan O’Donnell, it was a baby afghan she made for the newborn child of George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Pierce Bush. For Father Christopher Nguyen, it was President...

Nation’s 43rd president says his late father was ‘a great and noble man’

Dec 6, 2018 | US & World

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the days since the Nov. 30 death of former President George H.W. Bush, several news outlets reported that some years ago he told family members that he doubted any one would come to his memorial when he died. But...

God’s love in charity exists even in most secularized places, pope says

Sep 27, 2018 | Latest news, US & World

Pope Francis blesses a baby as he arrives to lead the Sept. 26 general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. -CNS photo | Tony Gentile, Reuters By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During times of freedom or persecution, the...

As part of message to Catholics in China, pope offers prayer to Mary

Sep 27, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican, US & World

By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As part of this message to Catholics in China and worldwide, published Sept. 26, Pope Francis offered the following prayer, inviting everyone to join him in invoking the maternal protection of the Virgin Mary: Mother...