Catholic News Service
Baltimore’s Elijah Cummings demonstrated integrity in a place of need: Carole...
By Carole Norris Greene
The major networks did not lead off with the death of Maryland Congressman Elijah Eugene Cummings the evening of Oct. 17,...
Pope Francis: Christians must be missionary disciples who share the Gospel...
VATICAN CITY -- Every Christian is called to be a missionary, sharing the good news of salvation in Christ and making disciples for him,...
Vatican I brought us the doctrine of papal infallibility
The 150th anniversary of the opening of the First Vatican Council will fall on Dec. 8, 2019. Most people know little about Vatican I...
Retired Gen. James Mattis tells Al Smith dinner U.S. ‘seems to...
NEW YORK -- Now is the time to remember "the core principles we used to know and live by and that we now seem...
Humanitarian groups scramble to help people fleeing northeast Syria
AMMAN, Jordan — Humanitarian concerns are growing as people caught in the crosshairs of the Turkish incursion into northeastern Syria try to flee for...
Snubbed by NYC mayor’s wife, Mother Cabrini to get proper recognition...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the formation of a "state commission" to work with the Columbus Citizens Foundation and the Diocese of...
Safe injection site in Philadelphia ‘part of the culture of death,’...
PHILADELPHIA -- Safe injection sites are "a form of euthanasia," according to a Philadelphia priest who has spent almost 50 years ministering to those...
Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine, Fla.,...
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine made a surprise announcement during Mass Oct. 11 that the U.S. Conference of...
National Catholic education chief says evangelization is present within schools
WASHINGTON -- The mission and foundation of Catholic education are directly related to evangelization, said the head of the National Catholic Educational Association.
Catholic schools...
In time of grief, this man’s ‘family’ knows when it’s time...
NEW ORLEANS -- From his elevated perch on the shoeshine stand near Concourse C of Louis Armstrong International Airport -- a nondescript wooden platform...