Tennis tournament offers serious competition, time for prayer, fraternity
International tennis tournament for priests comes to the U.S.
Fundraising starts to aid victims of Southern California fires
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Six major wind-fueled wildfires in Southern California have destroyed more than 1,000 structures and forced the evacuation of 200,000 residents.
People must choose: path toward holiness or nothing, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saints are not just the well-known men, women and young people on the liturgical calendar, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints.
Donald Trump writes letter attempting to appeal to Catholic leaders
DENVER (CNA/EWTN News) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wrote a letter to Catholic leaders during a two-day conference in Denver this week, identifying himself as pro-life and vowing to support core values such as religious liberty and school choice.
Citing Pope Francis, bishops call on Congress to renew religious freedom commission
WASHINGTON (CNA/EWTN News) — Congress has only one month to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Many human rights activists and religious leaders have stressed its importance, and the nation’s bishops suggest the commission would help the U.S. fulfill Pope Francis’ call to protect religious minorities.
Mexican cardinal: Pope Francis to visit Mexico in February
MEXICO CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Francis will visit Mexico City in February 2016, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrerra announced on Sunday.
Court upholds execution drug protocol criticized as cruel and unusual
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In another in a series of bitterly divided end-of-term cases, the Supreme Court June 29 upheld the execution protocol used by...
Observers expect Pope Francis to affirm and challenge politicians during visit
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner — two high-profile Catholic politicians — the visual of Pope Francis’ Sept. 24 address to Congress will signal an evolving narrative. The improbability of a pope standing before a joint meeting of Congress comes in an era of wider acceptance of the Catholic faith as it intersects with public life and U.S. politics, and indicates a comfort level between the two that wouldn’t have been imaginable several decades ago, observers said.
Serve, care for each other, pope tells families at closing Mass
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Pope Francis urged the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families to serve and care for each other as freely as God loves the human family.
A perfect fit: Pope describes how to discover one’s vocation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Within the universal Christian vocation of serving God and serving others, God handcrafts a specific calling for each person, a vocation that fits his or her personality and abilities, Pope Francis said.
