Indian Salesian abducted in Yemen freed
"We never abandoned the hope that one day Fr. Tom would be released," the superior general of the Missionaries of Charity said. The priest was their chaplain before his kidnapping 18 months ago.
Aid workers see humanitarian crisis as Rohingya flee to Bangladesh
There's a lack of food, sanitation, medicines and even basic housing following the exodus of as many as 350,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. Pope Francis will visit both nations Nov. 27-Dec. 2.
In TV interview, Steve Bannon slams Church, bishops over immigration
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an interview set to air Sept. 10 on the CBS TV program “60 Minutes,” former White House strategist Steve Bannon criticized the Catholic Church and U.S. bishops for their views on immigration, saying “they need illegal aliens to fill the pews.”
Parish life still thrives at flood-damaged Houston church
The 22nd week in ordinary time of the church's liturgical year has been no ordinary time for Fr. Martin Eke, a Missionary of St. Paul, or his parish.
Catholic leaders sharply criticize Trump’s decision to end DACA
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic Church leaders, immigration officials and university presidents were swift and unanimous in their condemnation of President Donald Trump’s Sept. 5 decision to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals known as DACA.
Catholics tangled with KKK during Klan’s 1920s resurgence
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Given the Ku Klux Klan’s historical animus toward Catholics, one of the most unusual stories that emanated from the aftermath of the Aug. 12 “Unite the Right” march and its deadly aftermath in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the self-penned admission by a priest in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, that he had been a member of the Klan 40 years ago, before his entry into the seminary.
Catholic Charities USA gives $2 million for hurricane relief
SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Catholic Charities USA presented a $2 million check Sept. 4 representing donations received to date for immediate emergency assistance for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey and its catastrophic flooding.
Announced end to DACA program is ‘reprehensible,’ U.S. bishops say
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Sept. 5 that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is “being rescinded” by President Donald Trump, leaving some 800,000 youth, brought illegally to the U.S. as minors, in peril of deportation and of losing permits that allow them to work.
Bishops’ annual Labor Day statement scores ‘excessive inequality’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — “Excessive inequality” threatens cooperation among all people in society “and the social pact it supports,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement.
Kansas nun shares memories of her brother who is on path to sainthood
WICHITA, Kan. (CNS) — Sr. Marita Rother really didn’t get to know her brother, Fr. Stanley Rother, as a priest until she visited him in Guatemala in the 1970s.
