IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Fordham University By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) — Laughing at ourselves and being open to sharing our failures and flaws within and beyond the community of faith is a powerful means to dispel the myth that … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Nancy Wiechec and Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) — From the dramatic vistas of the Grand Canyon in Arizona to the glistening waters of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, national parks have stood as places of wonder, history … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Ako Rasheed, Reuters By Dale Gavlak AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — Iraqi Christians are cautiously welcoming the start of the battle for Mosul and the Ninevah Plain, their ancestral homeland of the past 14 centuries from which they were … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Joe Tosini believes that on the last day Jesus will judge people on whether they fed the hungry, clothed the naked and, especially, whether they loved one another, not on … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — The heroism of Mexico’s newest saint, St. Jose Sanchez del Rio, should embolden the nation’s priests to continue their ministry with trust in God, said the vice postulator of the … Continue reading →

By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The seven new saints of the church were holy not because of their own efforts but because of “the Lord who triumphs in them and with them,” Pope Francis said. Each one … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Continuing his monthly Year of Mercy visits to people in particularly vulnerable situations, Pope Francis spent an afternoon Oct. 14 at Rome’s SOS Children’s Village. The village, which includes five … Continue reading →

By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Too much of the political discourse during this election year “has demeaned women and marginalized people of faith,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 14. “This must change,” said Archbishop Joseph … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For Cardinal-designate Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, one of nine children born to a family in Omaha, Nebraska, more than 40 years of priesthood have been filled with “Are you … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Don Doll, S.J. By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, 67, a member of the Jesuits’ Venezuelan province, was elected the first non-European superior general of the Society of Jesus. The 212 voting delegates to … Continue reading →