Hundreds of bodies found at former Saskatchewan residential school
The Cowessess First Nation will put a name to each of the hundreds of bodies found at the unmarked graves on the former Marieval Indian Residential School, vows Chief Cadmus Delorme.
Abandoned at birth, Safe Haven Baby Boxes founder: ‘I was made for this’
Monica Kelsey knew she was adopted. She also knew she wanted to find her birth mother.
USCCB webpage answers questions about vote on Communion document
A page on the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops answers a series of questions regarding the bishops' vote to approve drafting a document on the Eucharist during their spring general assembly June 16-18.
New death penalty documentary comes on heels of abolition petition
"The Phantom," a new documentary on a capital murder case gone awry, is being released in theaters amid a Catholic Mobilizing Network campaign asking President Joe Biden to abolish the federal death penalty.
Pandemic’s economic fallout must not stop Catholics’ generosity, pope says
International solidarity in funding the rebuilding of schools, hospitals and churches destroyed by war is important, Pope Francis said, but "we need to be concerned above all for the living stones who have been wounded and dispersed."
U.S. bishops praise Biden for committing to give vaccines to needy nations
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on International Justice and Peace praised President Joe Biden June 23 for his commitment to provide 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.
Catholic Charities leaders urge wider federal support for affordable housing
Officials overseeing Catholic Charities-connected housing initiatives are calling on Congress to boost funding and expand tax credits for affordable housing programs that serve older adults and homeless people.
House GOP leaders, attorneys general urge Congress to make Hyde permanent
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and several other Republican leaders in the House asked their Democratic counterparts June 22 to take up a measure introduced by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., that would make the long-standing Hyde Amendment permanent.
On the bewildering fear of eucharistic consistency
In recent weeks and months, the phrase "eucharistic coherence" or "eucharistic consistency" has risen almost to common parlance in Catholic circles and in Catholic media. The phrase has most frequently been connected to a forthcoming document -- recently approved for drafting by 75% of the U.S. bishops -- centered on "the meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church."
Self-righteous continue to disturb Christian community, pope says
Those who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ are humble and trust in God, they do not heap conditions upon others or promote themselves as the only "keepers of the truth," Pope Francis said.
