IMAGE: CNS/ photo/courtesy NASA By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — On the International Space Station there’s a place, while filled with robotic equipment, where astronauts like to hang out. Called the Cupola, the small module has seven large bay windows … Continue reading →

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an effort to highlight the dramatic situation of refugees left in limbo on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis and other Christian leaders will meet with the migrants April 16. “Naturally, … Continue reading →

By Gaby Maniscalco VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The relics of Syrian St. Elian, which originally were thought to have been destroyed by members of the so-called Islamic State militia, have been found amid the rubble of the desecrated Mar Elian … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus brought humanity God’s merciful, saving love, not hatred and animosity, Pope Francis said. “Jesus makes visible a love open to everyone — nobody excluded — open to everyone without … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Kris Jenkins got the ball with the score tied in the final seconds of the NCAA men’s basketball championship game April 4, his former high … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jeffrey Arguedas, EPA By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis often speaks against “the scourge of drug trafficking” and its effects. Here are some examples: “The scourge of drug-trafficking, which favors violence and sows the seeds of suffering … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Oscar Rivera, EPA By Ezra Fieser SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) — Heroin and painkillers plague the streets of U.S. cities and small towns. Mexican drug cartels have turned swaths of that country into battle zones. In South … Continue reading →

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien BALTIMORE (CNS) — As Canada prepares for the legalization of assisted suicide throughout the country in June and nearly half of the U.S. states take up some kind of legislative proposal on the topic this year, … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Citing a moral obligation to care for the natural world and all inhabitants of the earth, 30 Catholic and faith-based institutions filed an amicus brief with a federal … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As discussions continue between Vatican officials and leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Pope Francis met at the Vatican with Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society. … Continue reading →