Catholic News Service

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Knights of Columbus has organized a "Novena for the Cause of Life" to be prayed over the nine days...

SAN FRANCISCO — A retired special education teacher recently named coordinator of the San Francisco Archdiocese’s African American ethnic ministry sees chess as an...

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — Facing over 200 lawsuits alleging sex abuse filed since New York state lifted the statute of limitations on such cases,...

BALTIMORE -- As early voting begins in some states for the coming presidential election, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori is urging his parishioners to...

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican archdiocese has disavowed people posing as priests during the coronavirus pandemic. The Archdiocese of Toluca, west of Mexico City, said...

In "Hurrahing in Harvest" the Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins revels in the marvelous elements of nature that herald the arrival of autumn. All...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Catholic Church's observance of October as Respect Life Month "is a time to focus on God's precious gift of human...

MANILA, Philippines -- After two weeks of quarantine and a test indicating he no longer is positive for the COVID-19 virus, Cardinal Luis Antonio...

VATICAN CITY -- In a move apparently related to Vatican financial scandals, Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Angelo Becciu's resignation as prefect of the Congregation...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Sept. 23 he would sign an executive order to "ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter...