Boys choir honors Blessed Mother in new album [VIDEO]
This year's feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 8, is also the launch date for the release of "Ave Maria," an album by the boys of St. Paul's Choir School.
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.
Priests, laypeople injured defending church property in Chinese village
HONG KONG (CNS) — Several priests and laypeople defending church property were injured during an assault by security officers and workers in China’s northern Shanxi province.
Arizona and New Mexico Catholic Bishops’ statement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
In light of increased tensions and speculation over the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA), the Catholic Bishops of Arizona and New Mexico want to reiterate our strong and unwavering support for DACA youth so they do not have to live in fear of deportation.
Pope offers prayers for victims of flooding in Texas, Louisiana
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis offered his prayers for the people of Texas and Louisiana struggling to cope with the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey and he praised all those engaged in rescuing and caring for the thousands of people forced out of their homes.
Prayers, aid offered amid floods as Texas parishes grapple with Harvey
Many parishes within the 10-county Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston were directly affected by flooding following Hurricane Harvey or offered temporary shelter through the American Red Cross.
Georgia Tech punter forgoes final football season for seminary
By Nichole Golden
Catholic News Service
ATLANTA (CNS) — Perseverance has been Grant Aasen’s longtime ally.
In recovering from a life-threatening injury, walking on to the...
Pope names Arizona Jesuit head of Church jurisdiction in Kyrgyzstan
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has named a 54-year-old Arizona-born Jesuit to be the new head of the Church’s Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan.
Texas parishioners shocked by devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey
HOUSTON (CNS) — With floodwater as high as 20 feet from swelling bayous and waterways, thousands of homes in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston flooded as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to batter southeast Texas Aug. 28.
