‘Gospel of life’ needed now more than ever, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Defending life is not an abstract concept but a duty for all Christians and it means protecting the unborn, the poor, the sick, the unemployed and migrants, Pope Francis said.
Update: Court orders Trump administration to accept new DACA applications
A federal judge July 17 ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
Refusing God’s generosity is a sin, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In life, Christians face the choice of either being open to encountering God’s generosity or closed in on their own interests, Pope Francis said.
Targeting world poverty has shown results, advocates say
Living in extreme poverty, pegged at income below $1.90 a day, nosedived from 40% in 1981 to 12% in 2015.
Catholic leaders praise Colorado’s repeal of death penalty
It's the third state in as many years to do so and the third since the Vatican's 2018 revision to the Catechism declaring it eternally inadmissible.
Rome parishes to lend classroom space to public schools
Public schools in Rome, like elsewhere in the world, are scrambling to ensure the safety of students and staff while also resuming classroom instruction.
March for Life theme borrows page from suffragist centennial
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women’s suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Regis Philbin dies; Catholic TV host logged 17,000-plus hours on tube
Regis Philbin, the Catholic talk- and game-show host whose career in television spanned six decades, died July 24 at age 88 of cardiovascular disease.
In fall meeting, U.S. bishops examine challenges faced by church, society
Pressing issues raised by the bishops included the priesthood shortage, gun violence, young people leaving the church and the need to provide support services for pregnant women.
New research details Catholic inmates at Auschwitz
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — A Polish researcher has published the first study of religious practices among Christian prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau, as the 75th anniversary of the Nazi-run death camp’s liberation was marked in Israel and Poland.
