Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood
Vatican City, Jun 12, 2019 / 05:03 am (CNA).- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first…
Pope Francis: Unity is in the ‘DNA’ of Christian community
Vatican City, Jun 12, 2019 / 04:15 am (CNA).- An essential characteristic of Christian community is its unity in diversity, and the freedom this gives to Christians to come alive…
Judge issues injunction to keep MO abortion clinic open another two weeks
St. Louis, Mo., Jun 11, 2019 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- Judge Michael F. Stelzer of Missouri Circuit Court in St. Louis granted the city’s Planned Parenthood clinic a preliminary injunction…
US religious freedom ambassador laments widespread silence on Uyghurs
Washington D.C., Jun 11, 2019 / 07:01 pm (CNA).- Islamic countries should be more vocal in criticizing China’s mistreatment of the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnoreligious group, the US ambassador-at-large for…
Analysis: The laity – the who and the how in sexual abuse reform
Baltimore, Md., Jun 11, 2019 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- On Tuesday, the USCCB General Assembly in Baltimore gave over much of its morning session to hearing questions from the floor…
Church must be present to migrants and refugees, USCCB leaders say
Baltimore, Md., Jun 11, 2019 / 03:30 pm (CNA).- The Church needs to be present to migrants and refugees in the U.S. who are facing detention or deportation, and cannot…
Mexican bishops concerned by US-Mexico immigration agreement
Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 11, 2019 / 03:03 pm (CNA).- The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed its concern Monday about the immigration and tariffs agreement reached between the governments of the…
L.A. archdiocese reiterates support for religious sisters in convent dispute
Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 11, 2019 / 02:12 pm (CNA).- After a story in the New York Post sparked new interest in the drama of a years-long legal dispute involving…
US bishops open debate on abuse reforms
Baltimore, Md., Jun 11, 2019 / 11:35 am (CNA).- On the morning of the first day of the USCCB’s General Assembly in Baltimore, discussion began on three proposals to improve…
Nuncio recommends synodality, ‘walking together’ to US bishops
Baltimore, Md., Jun 11, 2019 / 10:54 am (CNA).- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2019 Spring General Assembly kicked off in Baltimore Tuesday with a brief address from…
Lay advisers urge US bishops to press for release of McCarrick documents
Baltimore, Md., Jun 11, 2019 / 10:24 am (CNA).- Advisory bodies to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called Tuesday for the bishops to urge the Holy See to make…
Order of Malta leader restricts use of extraordinary form within order
Rome, Italy, Jun 11, 2019 / 09:01 am (CNA).- The recently installed head of the Knights of Malta directed Monday that all liturgical ceremonies within the community must use the…