On Tuesday the Vatican COVID-19 taskforce issued a call for global disarmament during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and investment in what they said are peacemaking measures such as healthcare...
In his Angelus address, Pope Francis reflected on the Sunday Gospel reading from St. Matthew, in which Jesus thanks God for having hidden the mystery of the kingdom of heaven “from the wise and the...
When Vatican communication leaders met virtually with U.S. and Canadian Catholic journalists and communication leaders June 30, they urged the group to keep up their work, think of new ways to have a...
The Vatican's representative to the UN in Geneva says coordinated action by the international community is of “utmost importance,” as developing countries are already struggling under unsustainable...
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Human health, peace, security and progress would be better served with a complete end to the production of weapons worldwide, said members of a Vatican task force.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Manuel Rueda By Manuel Rueda TOCANCIPA, Colombia (CNS) -- When Alba Rada arrived in Colombia, members of the Focolare movement gave her a warm welcome, got her kids in school and...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom Brenner, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Three dozen faith-based organizations, including Catholic Relief Services, have asked Congress to immediately fund efforts to respond to...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) -- By defacing and toppling a statue of St. Junipero Serra in Sacramento, protesters may have meant "to draw attention to the sorrowful...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Iliya Pitalev, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis praised the United Nations' adoption of a global cease-fire resolution amid the coronavirus pandemic...
By Kathy Schiffer | Racism, wherever it exists, is a blight on our culture. All men and women, of all races and nationalities, are created by God in his divine image, and all are worthy of our...
By K.V. Turley | The year 1780 marks the most serious anti-Catholic riots ever witnessed in Britain. What became known as the Gordon Riots were, mercifully — so far at least — the last of their kind...
By Judy Roberts | When the coronavirus closed classrooms across the country, Immaculate Conception School in the Bronx not only made sure students would continue learning from home but reached out to.
By Catholic News Agency | LONDON, England — A leading pro-life MP welcomed the defeat Monday of attempts to strip away protections for unborn children in the U.K. Fiona Bruce, chair of the...
By Catholic News Agency | SPOKANE, Wa. — Both the Bishop of Spokane and the leader of a Washington state Catholic Charities organization have spoken out about a controversial video in which the...