Court’s decision to take up abortion case brings issue front and center
When the Supreme Court decided May 17 to take up a challenge to a Mississippi abortion law, it brought abortion back to the front burner months before the court will hear oral arguments about it this fall.
U.S. bishop echoes cardinal’s call for prayers for the people of China
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace invited Catholics in the United States to offer prayers for the people of China and the well-being of the Catholic Church in that country May 23-30.
Cease-fire helps, but peace requires equality, Palestine official says
While the current cease-fire between Israel and Hamas brings a much-needed halt to violence in the Holy Land, true peace can only be achieved if both sides are recognized as equals, said the Palestinian ambassador to the Holy See.
Pope calls for prayers for forgiveness, coexistence in Holy Land
Pope Francis has called on the world's Catholics to pray May 22 for dialogue, forgiveness and peaceful coexistence in the Holy Land.
Vatican revises synod process, beginning with local consultation
Approving the revision of the entire process of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis has asked that it begin with serious, widespread consultations with laypeople on the diocesan level.
CRS official in Gaza: ‘I know these people. They are not numbers’
With pressure for a cease-fire increasing, 11 days of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza are taking a toll both mentally and physically on the Gaza population, said Bassam Nasser, head of the Gaza office for Catholic Relief Services.
Lay volunteer nurses to be beatified as martyrs in Spain
Three Red Cross nurses are to be beatified as martyrs in Spain, 85 years after they were raped and shot while caring for wounded Civil War soldiers, having refused to renounce their Catholic faith.
Spanish bishops denounce exploitation of migrants amid crisis
The Spanish bishops' conference expressed concern that migrants were being used to exert political pressure after a sudden influx of migrants in the Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla increased tensions between Spain and Morocco.
Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record
A congressional panel, during a May 18 hearing, weighed the possibility of a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to call attention to China's long-standing human rights abuses.
Young choristers sing age-old chant at Masses around Atlanta Archdiocese
As their blended voices filled the chapel, its ceiling painted to resemble a star-filled night, the 10 women and men chanted: "Dum Transisset Sabbatum, Maria Magdalene et Maria Jacobi et Salome emerunt aromata, ut venientes ungerent Jesum. Alleluia."
