Kettney Francois poses outside the remains of St. Famille du Toirac Church in Toirac, Haiti, Aug. 16. Francois was trampled in a frantic stampede of people trying to escape after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit ...
Olympic runner Cole Hocker, then a student at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, crosses the finish line at the National Cross Country Race in 2018. (CNS photo/courtesy runnerspace.com) INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — As Cole Hocker approached ...
Pope Francis released the apostolic letter “Traditonis Custodes” on July 16. CNS photo/Vatican Media WASHINGTON – On July 16, Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter, “Traditionis custodes” modifying the norms regulating the use of the 1962 ...
Msgr. Peter B. Wells, left, a U.S. priest who works at the Vatican secretariat of state, leaves a Tridentine-rite Mass celebrated at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican May ...
Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski distributes Communion during Mass at St. Pius X Catholic Church during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual spring assembly in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) WASHINGTON (CNS) — ...
A priest prepares to distribute Communion during Mass in Washington. CNS photo/Bob Roller WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Eucharist was a major focus of the U.S bishops’ June 16-18 virtual spring assembly. On June 17, they ...
Archbishop Filippo Iannone, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, attends a press conference to discuss revisions to the Code of Canon Law, at the Vatican June 1. Pope Francis has promulgated a revised ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major ...
A same-sex couple is pictured in a file photo exchanging rings during a ceremony in Salt Lake City. The Vatican’s doctrinal office says in a new note that any form of blessing of same-sex unions ...
QUEBEC CITY (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Quebec announced its intention to reorganize its parishes to focus on local missionary activities. This move comes as human and material resources continue to diminish. At least 75% ...
