IMAGE: CNS photo/Elsa, Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports By CHICAGO (CNS) — When civic leaders make friendly bets on which team will win a big championship with their counterparts in another city, one winner enjoys a feast, while the … Continue reading →

By Simon Caldwell OXFORD, England (CNS) — The spread of gender theory is misleading so many Catholics that a high-level document may be required to correct the errors of the ideology, a Dutch cardinal said. Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By WASHINGTON (CNS) — In 1963, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued an instruction permitting cremation as long as it was not done as a sign of denial of the basic … Continue reading →

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Indifference, criminal networks and powerful economic interests still pose a challenge to those fighting against human trafficking, Pope Francis said. While much has been done in recognizing the seriousness and extent of this … Continue reading →

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When the search for profits outweighs all other considerations in society, money becomes a god who terrorizes humanity — excluding the majority of people and causing those still well off to build walls … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Carol Glatz By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Women religious are often the first people to discover problems emerging in society because they work directly with so many people in need, an anti-trafficking advocate said. However, because … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Lionsgate By Joseph McAleer NEW YORK (CNS) — Ever since the success of 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ,” viewers of faith have waited anxiously for a follow-up from the film’s director, Mel Gibson. Recently, Gibson revealed that … Continue reading →

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Praying for cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, Pope Francis urged people to remember the priestly witness they gave. Some of the bishops, he said, had been “called to witness … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — A pair of Catholic physicians argue that changes in the way health care is paid for and stronger relationships between doctors and their patients will do more to improve people’s … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When the Benedictine monks in Norcia led residents in prayer before the ruins of their medieval city, they showed one way the church steps into action in times … Continue reading →