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Actor Tim Conway, 85; ‘laughter he gave the world will never...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Tim Conway, who died May 14 in Los Angeles at age 85, was probably best known for his 11 seasons...
California ‘confession bill’ viewed as violation of religious liberty
LOS ANGELES — A bill making its way through the California Legislature would make the state the first since 1999 to require priests to...
Pro-life leaders applaud passage of abortion bill in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama legislature has recognized that abortion is “the extinguishing...
Bishop Robert Barron’s new book addresses concerns of Catholics and sex...
LOS ANGELES -- Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles said his new book addressing the church's sexual abuse crisis and urging Catholics...
New York religious leaders endorse bill to end solitary confinement
ALBANY, N.Y. — The numbers are so staggering that solitary confinement has been called “torture.”
Solitary confinement is in widespread use in prisons across the...
Philadelphia holds ‘Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying’
PHILADELPHIA -- More than 1,000 people gathered in Philadelphia May 10 to demonstrate against recent social media videos of a Pennsylvania lawmaker berating people...
Creating an economy in service to our humanity
The word "economics" comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "household."
In most pre-modern societies, production and consumption occurred in the household, and running such...
17-year-old with Down syndrome becomes pro-life advocate in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta — Sarah Joy Walker is alive today because her mother flatly turned down an abortion.
Seventeen years later, the Edmonton teenager saw her...
Movie briefs: ‘Hesburg,’ ‘The Hustle,’ ‘Long Shot,’ ‘Pikachu’ and ‘Tolkien’
NEW YORK -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service.
"Hesburgh" (O'Malley Creadon)
Informative, though wholly uncritical, biographical documentary about...
Cardinal DiNardo, USCCB welcome new rule from Pope Francis on reporting...
WASHINGTON -- New papal norms on preventing clergy sexual abuse are "a blessing that will empower the church everywhere to bring predators to justice,...