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Mexico City shelter for migrant caravan. November 2018.

Mexican bishops ask government to assist in migrant crisis

May 9, 2019

The Mexican Bishops' Conference has made a public request for help from the country's authorities, as well as all people... Read more

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'No greater love' — Denver Catholics remember Kendrick Castillo, who died in STEM school shooting

May 9, 2019

By Mary Farrow

Kendrick Castillo, who died in the May 7 STEM school shooting, is remembered as a heroic, and holy, young man.  Read more

Pope Francis during a visit in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz - Birkenau, July 2016.

What do Jews and Christians have in common? Love of neighbor, Pope Francis says

May 9, 2019

The love of neighbor is a common commitment among Christians and Jews, Pope Francis said Tuesday, to teachers and students... Read more

The 2019 Canadian March for Life in Ottawa, May 9.

Canadians march for life

May 9, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

Pro-life campaigners from across Canada gathered on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill Thursday for the country’s annual National March for Life.  Read more

Death toll in DRC Ebola outbreak reaches 1,000

May 9, 2019

The Ebola outbreak that began last August in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now claimed more than 1,000... Read more

Demonstrators from Georgetown University outside the 2018 USCCB Fall General Assembly in Baltimore.

Analysis: Is Pope Francis' new abuse plan the answer Catholics are looking for?

May 9, 2019

By JD Flynn

Pope Francis, the “pope of surprises,” lived up to his nickname this morning, by releasing a comprehensive canonical plan to... Read more

Dominican scholar: Church crisis calls for renewal of Catholic teaching on freedom

May 9, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

According to a Dominican scholar, the crisis of priestly fidelity is connected to a new cultural conception of human freedom... Read more

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis issues norms for reports of abuse of minors, seminarians, and religious

May 9, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

New Vatican norms for the Church’s handling of sex abuse, issued Thursday, place seminarians and religious coerced into sexual activity... Read more

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Lawsuit calls for POW Bible to be removed from VA hospital display

May 8, 2019

A Bible once carried by a World War II prisoner of war is the center of a legal fight at... Read more

Ariz. legislature adopts resolution calling pornography a public health crisis

May 8, 2019

The Arizona legislature has passed a resolution declaring pornography a public health crisis and a danger to mental and physical... Read more

Analysis: Power, and its appearance, in Vatican curial reform

May 8, 2019

By Ed Condon

In the coming months, Pope Francis is expected to approve a final draft of a new governing constitution for the... Read more

Archbishop Charles Chaput. CNA file photo.

Chaput: Rep. Brian Sims’ harassment of pro-lifers 'unbecoming of an elected official'

May 8, 2019

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia called for broad participation in a pro-life rally this week, scheduled in response to a... Read more

Faith leaders call for an end to solitary confinement

May 8, 2019

By Perry West

New York’s faith leaders gathered in protest of solitary confinement this week, pushing for a bill that seeks more humane... Read more

Judge rules against Virginia law banning abortions by non-doctors

May 8, 2019

A federal judge in Richmond, Virginia has ruled against state medical regulations requiring first-trimester abortions be performed only by physicians.  Read more

A banner promoting president Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, April 2018.

Government figures have asked Church for asylum, Venezuelan bishop says

May 8, 2019

A Venezuelan bishop said Sunday that prominent figures in the government of Nicolas Maduro have asked for asylum from the... Read more

Flag of China.

After Vatican-China deal, Chinese bishop imprisoned for 23 years is not yet released

May 8, 2019

The nephew of a Chinese bishop who was arrested 23 years ago has said he does not know where his... Read more

Louisiana State Capitol building which is located in Baton Rouge.

Bid to end death penalty in Louisiana fails

May 8, 2019

Senate Bill 112 would have added a question to the next state-wide ballot proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the... Read more

A Palestinian girl stands in front of a building destroyed during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City. May 6, 2019.

CRS: Situation in Gaza still dire, despite ceasefire

May 8, 2019

Although a ceasefire has calmed a violent situation in Gaza, one Catholic aid agency warned that the people living there... Read more

Pope Francis waves in St. Peter's Square May 8, 2019.

The world needs new evangelizers, Pope Francis says

May 8, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

Like Saints Cyril and Methodius shared the Gospel with the Slavic people in the 9th century, today the world is... Read more

Participants in the 2019 St. Joseph’s pilgrimage in St. Louis.

Why these men walked 24 miles to the ‘Rome of the Midwest’

May 8, 2019

By Jonah McKeown

It can be hard to find time for silent reflection in today’s bustling modern society. But a group of men... Read more