Catholic News Service

BERLIN -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg, who died in July, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. Because of this, "the estate of Georg Ratzinger goes...

MILWAUKEE — By midday Oct. 30, Unite Our Nation was more than halfway to its goal of holding adoration of the Blessed Sacrament events...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A prominent adviser to New Zealand's bishops expressed dismay that voters approved euthanasia for terminally ill patients. "Many people will no...

VATICAN CITY -- Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it already has chosen its...

WHEELING, W.Va. — Oregon Catholic Press has launched the Parishioner Personal Missal Program, offering members of parish communities the opportunity to have their own...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, a publication mailed to Catholic homes around Wisconsin is seeking to influence the...

ARLINGTON, Va. — It began, as many good things do, with a trip to Michaels. Alison Rizzuto had been given several religious medals since she...

WASHINGTON -- Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory, installed as Washington' s archbishop in May 2019, thanked Pope Francis "with a very grateful and humble heart"...

WASHINGTON -- Dorothy Day's witness nearly 100 years ago sets an example for today's society, according to a Duquesne University professor who is writing...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Religious Liberty praised the Department of Health and Human Services for resolving discrimination...