Florida residents, officials and health care leaders have their hands full this summer containing the Zika virus outbreak, which prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue its first domestic travel advisory.
Florida races to stem Zika spread, offer pregnant women testing
Pope praises witness of 10 athletes on Refugee Olympic Team
In a personal message addressed to each of the 10 members of the new Refugee Olympic Team, Pope Francis wished them success in their events and thanked them for the witness they are giving the world.
Displaced Iraqi Christians are weary of waiting to go home
As Iraqi Christians remember the second anniversary of their forced displacement from their ancestral homeland, some have expressed frustration and weariness that is taking a long time to liberate Mosul and the Ninevah Plains from the Islamic State.
The devil’s in the details: After-school Satan club seeks OK
WASHINGTON (CNS) — It’s 3 p.m. Do you know where your children are? Parents, schools and school districts are paying even closer attention to after-school activities […]
Biden called ‘counter-witness’ to church teaching for presiding at wedding
WASHINGTON (CNS) — By officiating at a same-sex wedding, Vice President Joe Biden as a prominent Catholic politician has created confusion over church teaching on marriage […]
At Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue, cardinal blesses Olympic torch
High above the city, beneath the statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio Cardinal Orani Tempesta blessed the Olympic torch, held by Brazil’s former Olympic volleyball player, Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado.
Mercy, poor at center of Blessed Teresa’s canonization events
The poor, the suffering and those who minister to them will be at the center of celebrations leading up to the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata at the Vatican.
5,600-plus sisters call for civility by candidates in presidential race
More than 5,600 U.S. religious sisters have signed a letter asking for civil discourse in the presidential campaign.