WASHINGTON (CNS) — As President Barack Obama offered a long-awaited plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, organizations advocating for the closure welcomed […]
Plan to close detention center leaves unanswered questions for advocates
Catholics on Guam recall highlights, excitement of pope’s visit in 1981
HAGATNA, Guam (CNS) — It was a time many people on Guam will never forget. How often does a man destined to become a saint set […]
Bishop Bradley decries shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan, prays for victims
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (CNS) — Expressing shock and sadness, Bishop Paul J. Bradley of Kalamazoo offered prayers for the six people who were killed and two others […]
The deeper his faith, the better public servant Scalia was, says son
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just as many pilgrims are passing through the Holy Door at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in this […]
Pope calls for jubilee moratorium on death penalty
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called for a moratorium on executions during the Year of Mercy and said the fifth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” […]
Slow day at Sun Bowl turns into party, then settles down for Mass viewing
EL PASO, Texas (CNS) — By the time the action started at the Sun Bowl Stadium Feb. 17 for the simulcast of Pope Francis’ Mass from […]
Building walls to keep immigrants out is not Christian, pope says
CNS – As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of […]
‘No more death, no more exploitation,’ pope says at U.S.-Mexico border
(CNS) – Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer safe […]