News & Commentary

Pope Francis tells visitors in St. Peter's Square that an aide will read the catechesis he prepared for his general audience at the Vatican March 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope writes to Holy Land Catholics living under ‘dark clouds of Good Friday’

Pope Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year is "so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection."
Read More →

Gomez: July 4 should also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding

As the nation' celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Americans should recall the country's "other founding" by the missionaries who, beginning in the 1500s, came to proclaim "the love of Jesus Christ to Indigenous peoples," said Los Angeles ...
Read More →

Washington parish backs cardinal’s concerns on drafting Communion document

A Catholic parish in Washington frequented by President Joe Biden has expressed disappointment with a June vote by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to begin drafting a document on the Eucharist.
Read More →

Tokyo Catholic churches to keep restrictive measures during Olympics

The Tokyo Archdiocese says it will maintain infection control measures despite the Japanese government having lifted the COVID-19 state of emergency in many cities ahead of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Read More →

Two more First Nations churches destroyed in ‘suspicious’ fires

Two more Catholic churches on First Nations land have been destroyed by fire, while fire damaged an Anglican church on First Nations land in northern British Columbia. Police are calling all the blazes "suspicious."
Read More →

Miami Catholic parish says 10 of its families still missing after collapse

It is an understatement to say the people and staff of St. Joseph Parish will be living the crisis of the Surfside condominium collapse in a most intimate way for some time to come.
Read More →

During border visit, bishop speaks with vice president about immigration

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, asked Vice President Kamala Harris June 25 to engage with the faith community as partners on a path to bring relief and a compassionate solution to immigration issues in the Americas and ...
Read More →
Skip to content