IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgos Moutafis, Reuters By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) -- News that officials in the Trump administration are considering "zeroing out" the number of refugees accepted...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tim Bishop, Catholic Spirit) By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston announced July 19 sanctions from the Vatican -- including taking away the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A few hundred Catholic activists, including dozens of women religious, gathered outside at the foot of the U.S. Capitol July 18...
IMAGE: CNS Photo/Paul Jeffrey By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- By convening a special synod on the Amazon at the Vatican in October, Pope Francis will be giving greater exposure to the church's...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Giancarlo Bernini By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- For Giancarlo Bernini, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, things are not always as they appear...
By Jim Graves | I spoke with three converts—two “reverts,” actually, who previously knew little of their faith and a third who began life as a nominal Muslim—who have become prominent speakers in the...
By Joseph Pearce | As early as 1921, during his first visit to the United States, Chesterton had been horrified by the rise of Federal and corporate power and the consequent destruction of small...
By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA | VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis Sunday recalled the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, encouraging Catholics to look to that great event for inspiration to overcome...
By Joseph Pronechen | During his highly popular television series, Archbishop Fulton Sheen devoted one show to the “Divine Sense of Humor.” He himself often began his talks, or punctuated his serious...
By Doreen Abi Raad | Five years ago this summer, Christians in the Nineveh Plain of Iraq were driven out from their ancient homelands by ISIS, literally overnight. In just a few hours, the Islamic...