By Wayne Laugesen | Ed Jones grew up in a single-parent home in the segregated South. As a Black child growing up in the 1940s and ’50s, he lived in subsidized, segregated housing. He attended...
By Catholic News Agency | WASHINGTON — The federal government executed its first federal inmate in 17 years on Tuesday, following numerous delays and requests for clemency from the family of the...
By Courtney Mares/CNA. | ROME, Italy — A hospital boat named after Pope Francis has been delivering medical aid along the Amazon River as rural communities struggle amid Brazil’s devastating...
By Sue Ellen Browder | I know a devout Catholic so angry at her bishop for closing churches during the pandemic she can’t bring herself to go back to Mass. A friend of hers grumbles it’s no wonder...
By Solène Tadié | On March 17, for the first time in 162 years, the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes closed its doors as the French government placed the country under quarantine to stop...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters By Tom Tracy WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) -- Catholic entities that took part in the Paycheck Protection Program said the federal emergency bridge loans...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Charles Platiau, Reuters By Barbara Fraser LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- When the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris went up in flames in April 2019, images were made even more dramatic by thick...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Inside New York's iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral, some 250 Mexican nationals were hailed as anonymous heroes July 11, after...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus News By Pablo Kay LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The fire that ravaged Mission San Gabriel Arcangel church in the predawn hours of July 11 left behind a haunting scene...