Month: March 2019

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For the first time in 300 years, the marble steps of the Holy Stairs will be free from the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review By Paul McMullen BALTIMORE (CNS) — Approximately 480 men and women work at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Martin Hunter, Reuters By Michael Otto AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CNS) — New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have expressed horror and distress at a terrorist attack in two mosques in …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Ed Langlois, Catholic Sentinel By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The headlines from a March 13 Gallup Poll about the growing number of U.S. Catholics who have thought …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Fredrick Nzwili By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — The head of an African youth network urged the world’s religions to embrace the voices of young people, as …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Jacob Comello WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lent is a penitent season — a time for sincere reflection on one’s mistakes and a time to make amends …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Nativity School on James Island By Theresa Stratford JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (CNS) — When Nativity School was approached with the idea of integrating a child with Down …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Nick Bramhill DUBLIN (CNS) — Alcohol, smoking and chocolates are some of the most well-known vices that people traditionally give up during Lent. But now …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Erik Anderson, Reuters By MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) — Cardinal George Pell, 77, was sentenced to six years in prison March 13, just over two weeks after a Melbourne …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Andreea Campeanu, Reuters By SILVER SPRING, Md. (CNS) — Officials with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network criticized the federal Department of Homeland Security for its March 8 decision …