Teens say Steubenville conference inspires them, bolsters their faith
The first Steubenville Youth Conference to be held in New York drew 1,800 teenagers from around the country Aug. 7-9 to St. John's University in Jamaica in the New York borough of Queens.
Pope designates Sept. 1 as World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation
Like their Orthodox brothers and sisters, Catholics formally will mark Sept. 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis has decided.
Appeals court rules against N.Y. Catholic entities over contraceptives
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A seventh federal appeals court ruled Aug. 7 that there is no religious rights conflict with a process created for nonprofit religious organizations to get around a government mandate to provide coverage for contraceptives in employee health insurance.
Knights raising money, awareness of plight of Christians in Middle East at annual convention
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Christianity may be thriving around the world, but it is under severe attack and threatened with extinction in the Middle East,...
In Japan, U.S. bishop says USCCB will push for nuclear disarmament
For a long minute on a sunny morning, silence fell over the memorial park that commemorates the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city when a fireball ripped apart the skies.
Pope creates excharate for Syro-Malabar Catholics in Canada
The Vatican said about 9,000 faithful of the India-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Church live in Canada and are served by 15 priests, three of whom belong to religious orders.
Divorced and remarried are not excommunicated, pope says at audience
The 100th general audience of his papacy came following a summer break and had Pope Francis discussing how to care for those who, after the irreversible failure of the matrimonial bond, have undertaken a new union.
College students bring support for Clean Power Plan to Congress
The students were in the U.S. Capitol Aug. 4 learning about the Clean Power Plan from representatives of the Catholic Climate Covenant, the Franciscan Action Network, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
Don’t be afraid or ashamed to go to confession, pope says
"There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the immensely merciful Father," Christ's vicar on earth said.
CRS strengthens civil society groups in fractured Lebanon
Catholic Relief Services and certain groups within the countries it serves are beginning to see fruits of its capacity-building program designed to enhance their ability to identify and meet development challenges.
