Catholic News Service
Baltimore Archbishop Lori leads “Blessing in Time of Pandemic” at city’s...
BALTIMORE -- Downtown Baltimore's three major hospitals received Catholic blessings the morning of April 8.
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori offered a "Blessing in Time...
Good Friday Litany of the Sacred Heart at noon will be...
LOS ANGELES -- When Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, leads U.S. Catholics in prayer...
Holy Week and Easter traditions hold prominent place in Philippine culture
On Good Friday, Alvin Duazo spends three to five hours in prayer, reflection and confession.
"I start at around 8 a.m.," said Duazo, 22, from...
Investors urge pharmacy companies to collaborate on COVID-19 response
NEW YORK — An investor coalition has called on 14 large pharmaceutical firms to collaborate in developing health technologies, including diagnostic tests, treatments and...
Guatemalan ‘alfombras’ a beautiful expression of faith and tradition
Every year on Good Friday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, in Falls Church, Va., hundreds of people who gather for the Stations...
Retired Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan-Archbishop Stephen Sulyk dies at 95
PHILADELPHIA — Retired Metropolitan-Archbishop Stephen Sulyk of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia died the morning of April 6 after having been hospitalized some...
Coronavirus Aid, or CARES Act, includes employees from religious nonprofits, schools,...
CLEVELAND -- Religious nonprofits, including schools, parishes and some dioceses, are eligible for assistance under regulations developed to implement portions of the massive $2.2...
Cardinal George Pell released from jail after Australian high court clears...
VALLA BEACH, Australia -- Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after 405 days behind bars after the seven judges of the High...
National moment of prayer in U.S. slated for Good Friday, April...
WASHINGTON -- Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has invited U.S. Catholics to join him...
Archbishop Blair of Hartford advises cell phones not be used to...
WASHINGTON -- Administering the sacrament of reconciliation via cellphone is impermissible under church teaching, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine...