By Michael O’Neill | Antonietta put the card with the novena the Virgin Mary back into the copy of the Imitation of Christ that always rested on her nightstand. She knew the prayer by heart, from...
By Kathy Schiffer | When the world is on edge, when the coronavirus has brought our nation and the world to a standstill, to whom can you turn? You've probably heard this week about St. Corona...
By John Grondelski | You knew it wouldn’t be long before the politically correct got into the coronavirus debate. Recently, The Washington Post announced that it has found both an “expert” (a...
By Ines Murzaku | Have you ever been daunted by emptiness? Have a look at the drone footage taken in various busy metropolitan cities all over the world. In a matter of weeks, the world’s busiest...
By Edward Pentin | ROME — Tensions have been rising this week between Italian faithful, concerned their religious-freedom rights are being infringed, and a government issuing ever-more restrictive...
While Pope Francis’s Way of the Cross service on Good Friday has been transferred to the Vatican because of the coronavirus pandemic, the meditations focus, as always, on those who share the pain...
On the Friday before Holy Week, Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on "the suffering and sorrows of Our Lady."
In a recent interview Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to practice solidarity with others, particularly developing...
Remembering St. John Paul II and the 15th anniversary of his death, Pope Francis encouraged people to pray for his intercession and trust in Divine Mercy, especially during these “difficult days” of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The number of Masses, Stations of the Cross, meditations and other devotions being livestreamed by dioceses, parishes and other groups around country...
IMAGE: CNS Photo/courtesy Tanya Granillo de Vasquez By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Before Juan Vasquez says goodbye to wife Tanya Granillo de Vasquez and 1-year-old son Robert as he goes off to...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yves Herman, Reuters By Jonathan Luxmoore OXFORD, England (CNS) -- The Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Union has urged member-states to stop "capitulating to...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, Reuters By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After 11 years of U.S. economic growth, the statistics are staggering. First-time applications for unemployment benefits...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy The Walters Art Museum By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Correspondence can reveal a lot about periods of history and the letters written by popes during the Black...