In a letter, Pope Francis thanked a 15-year-old Spanish teen with an intellectual disability “for being inspired to walk and inviting many others to walk with you.”
Pope thanks pilgrim with disability who walked along Spain’s ‘Camino’
Movie: ‘Yes, God, Yes’
Sex is more fun than being Catholic. That’s the basic message of writer-director Karen Maine’s semi-autobiographical drama “Yes, God, Yes” (Vertical).
Chaplain says Washington Nationals’ World Series run is ‘story of faith’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A baseball season and team are not often synonymous with religious or spiritual themes, but for Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, using words such as […]
CCHD grants support climate change response, Native American credit access
The U.S. bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development has approved a national grant of $300,000 to help low-income Native American households across the country maintain vital access to credit.
Sunday Scripture reading: July 26, 2020
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12
Second reading: Rom 8:28-30
Gospel: Mt 13:44-52 or 13:44-46
Attacks on statues seen as ‘signs of society in need of healing’
A wave of recent attacks on Catholic statues around the country and fires at two churches prompted the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees to decry “the destruction of these holy symbols of selfless love and devotion.”
Canadian court: Safe Third Country Agreement with U.S. violates rights
A federal court in Canada ruled July 22 that the Safe Third Country Agreement, which allows Canada to send certain refugee petitioners back to the United States, is unconstitutional.
Catholic-supported co-op in Israel helps asylum-seekers during pandemic
Kuchinate, the African Women Refugee collective, provides a source of income and support for Israel’s most vulnerable population of African women asylum-seekers.