IMAGE: USA Today Sports By SueAnn Howell CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) — Middle linebacker Luke Kuechly of the Carolina Panthers, the team going up against the Denver Broncos in the Feb. 7 Super Bowl, credits his parents and his Catholic faith … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/David Maung By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a video message one week before his apostolic visit, Pope Francis asked the people of Mexico for some time alone during his visit to pray before the … Continue reading →

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God doesn’t want to condemn anyone; he wants to save every person in the entire world, Pope Francis said. “The problem is letting him enter one’s heart” to transform one’s life, the pope … Continue reading →

IMAGE: Nancy Wiechec By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) — There is an extensive history of Catholic missions in the U.S. Though the original 13 British colonies in what is now the U.S. largely had Protestant populations, Catholic missionaries helped shape … Continue reading →

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church must respect “with a capital ‘R’” China’s rich traditional culture and “age-old” wisdom, Pope Francis said. Dialogue between China and the rest of the world, including the church, is necessary … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Sister Carol Hoverman By Sister Carol Hoverman DUBUQUE, Iowa (CNS) — As the eyes of the nation focused on the Iowa caucuses Feb. 1, the 13 congregations of Catholic Sisters of the Upper Mississippi River Valley wanted to … Continue reading →

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will not be an actor in a proposed movie based on the Gospels, a Vatican spokesman said. While details about how the pope may or may not be involved in the … Continue reading →

IMAGE: Nancy Wiechec By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic missionaries played a large role in bringing European values and religion to North America in the 18th century. The role of the Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans and other Catholic religious orders … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Respond to the crisis of vocations with intensified prayer, not despair or a lax admissions process, Pope Francis told women and men religious. He said he is tempted to lose … Continue reading →

By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Rome’s Circus Maximus to protest against a proposed bill that would grant legal recognition to nonmarried heterosexual and homosexual couples and give them the right to … Continue reading →