Catholic News Service
Catholic aid agencies respond after quake, tsunami in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an...
Too distracted to pray the rosary?
The rosary simultaneously manages to be one of the easiest and the most difficult prayers of the Catholic Church. Easy because it was developed...
Attendees return home from Encuentro with hopes, eagerness to share gifts
WASHINGTON -- Fifth National Encuentro participants returned to their dioceses and parishes with many challenges and hopes.
Among them, they were called to share their...
North Carolina parishes still coping with Florence waters
RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) -- In the days and weeks since Hurricane Florence made landfall in mid-September, North Carolina residents are still coping with the...
Top Vatican diplomat calls for universal abolition of death penalty
VATICAN CITY — Abolishing the death penalty worldwide would reflect the brave and hope-filled belief that crime can be dealt with without capital punishment...
Chinese Catholics outside mainland divided over Sino-Vatican agreement
HONG KONG — Catholics in Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong are divided over the provisional agreement between China and the Vatican on the appointment...
U.S. urged to end funding of research using tissue from aborted...
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities praised a decision by the U.S. secretary of the Department of Health...
‘Kindness campaign’ in schools aimed at lowering anxiety, boosting morale
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In recent years, Catholic Charities school counselors have noticed an unsettling trend of more anxiety and less empathy among their young...
Cardinal beatifies 22-year-old Romanian as ‘martyr to chastity’
WARSAW, Poland — A 22-year-old Romanian peasant has taken a step closer to sainthood as a “martyr to chastity,” six decades after she was...
Pa. bishops support creating fund to compensate survivors of sex abuse
PHILADELPHIA — The bishops of Pennsylvania’s eight Roman Catholic dioceses are supporting creation of an independent fund to compensate survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
Ever...