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People in Colombo, Sri Lanka, react April 22, 2019, as military attend a suspected van containing explosives. Sri Lankan officials reported 290 confirmed deaths from the eight blasts at churches and hotels in three cities the previous day.
Massive Sri Lanka Easter bombings traced to little-known group
CLICK HERE TO SEE A RELATED VIDEO FROM CNS. The Sri Lankan government blamed little-known Islamic group National Thowheeth Jama’ath for the Easter suicide bombings that targeted three … more
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Pope Francis greets the crowd after delivering his Easter message and blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 21, 2019.
Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, Pope says at Easter
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Pope Francis carries a candle in procession as he arrives to celebrate the Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 20, 2019.
At Easter the stones of sin, despair, are rolled away, Pope says at vigil
As individuals and as a Church, it can be tempting to dwell on mistakes, failures and sins that block the fullness of life, but Easter is the proclamation that the Lord is victorious and his love … more
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An illuminated cross is seen April 19, 2019, outside Rome's Colosseum before Pope Francis leads the Way of the Cross.
‘Their Calvary was lengthy’: Pope’s Stations recall those exploited
Recalling Jesus’ death on the cross, Pope Francis led thousands on Good Friday in reflecting on the crosses of loneliness, fear and betrayal that crucify countless men, women and children in … more
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Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the papal household, delivers the homily during the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion April 19, 2019, in St. Peter’s Basilica.
On Good Friday, papal preacher says cross brings hope to the oppressed
The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household. With Christ’s crucifixion, death and … more
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Pope Francis spreads incense as he celebrates Mass on Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 18, 2019.
Pope to priests: Best place to be is among the people
CLICK HERE TO SEE A RELATED VIDEO FROM CNS. Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always be in the midst of God’s people, … more
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Pope Francis washes, then kisses, the foot of an inmate during a Holy Thursday celebration at Velletri Correctional Facility, 36 miles south of Rome.
Be servants to one another, Pope tells prisoners before washing feet
Jesus’ gesture of washing His disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of … more
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI attends a consistory for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo. Pope Benedict has released an article addressing the roots of the clerical sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and how the Church should respond now.
Retired Pope publishes reflection on abuse crisis
Retired Pope Benedict XVI, acknowledging his role in helping the Catholic Church come to terms with the clerical sexual abuse crisis beginning in the 1980s, wrote an article outlining his thoughts … more
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Pope Francis greets Consolata Missionary Sister Eugenia Bonetti in this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo. Pope Francis has asked Sister Bonetti, a long-time activist in the fight against human trafficking, to write the meditations for his celebration of the Good Friday Way of the Cross prayer service at Rome’s Colosseum April 19, 2019.
Pope asks anti-trafficking nun to write Way of Cross meditations
Pope Francis has asked an Italian nun, who has been on the frontlines in the fight against human trafficking, to write this year’s Way of the Cross meditations. Consolata Sister Eugenia … more
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A young couple wake up before Pope Francis’ celebration of Mass for World Youth Day pilgrims at St. John Paul II Field in Panama City Jan. 27, 2019.
Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, Pope says
The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new … more
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Pope Francis speaks at the conclusion of a Mass on the final day of the meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019.
Pope: ‘No more excuses on sexual abuse’
If it wasn’t perfectly clear before, it had better be now. The sexual abuse of any minor or other vulnerable person is a crime against God and humanity, and any attempt to cover it up is as … more
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This mural, a work in progress by Lonnie Tapia, art teacher at Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School in Columbia, adorns the school’s Art Room. It depicts Servant of God Fr. Augustus Tolton and St. Peter Church in Brush Creek. Born into slavery in Missouri, Fr. Tolton overcame tremendous obstacles in order to answer his call to the Priesthood, becoming the first black Roman Catholic priest in the United States.
A step forward for Fr. Tolton’s beatification cause
Servant of God Father Augustus Tolton’s beatification cause has taken another important step forward and toward the desk of Pope Francis. The theological commission for the Church’s … more
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Thoughts on making a proper observance of Lent
When I was in college, there was a group of students who didn’t always practice their faith, but when Ash Wednesday rolled around, all decided to band together in giving up a few particular … more
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Be unafraid to share the journey this Lent
A young South Sudanese refugee raising her siblings in Uganda’s Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. A father returning home after decades of civil war in Sri Lanka to find his farm overgrown. A young … more
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A marquee for Covington Catholic High School is seen Jan. 23 in Park Hills, Ky. Days after an encounter took place between Covington Catholic High School students and a Native American tribal leader in Washington, the Diocese of Covington announced it would begin a third-party investigation into what happened at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial following the annual March for Life Jan. 18.
Bishop tells Covington Catholic High School community he stands with them
You could literally hear a pin drop as the faculty, staff and student body of Covington Catholic High School waited in the gym Jan. 23 for the arrival of Covington Bishop Roger J. Foys. The bishop … more
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Pope Francis personally thanks three World Youth Day volunteers at Panama City’s Rommel Fernandez Stadium Jan. 27, 2019.
As World Youth Day closes, Pope prompts volunteers to keep serving
Just before leaving the physical and human warmth of Panama Jan. 27, Pope Francis stopped to thank the thousands of official volunteers, young and old, gathered at the capital city’s Rommel … more
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Pope Francis speaks as he leads World Youth Day pilgrims in the Way of the Cross at Santa Maria la Antigua Field in Panama City Jan. 25, 2019.
Prayer and silence: Pope joins World Youth Day Way of Cross
The path walked by Jesus to his passion and death on the cross is the same path of indifference and marginalization taken by those who suffer in the world today, Pope Francis said. Addressing … more
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World Youth Day pilgrims pray in Forgiveness Park in Panama City Jan. 25, 2019.
In World Youth Day’s ‘Garden of Forgiveness,’ pilgrims find grace
As she welcomed World Youth Day pilgrims to the “Garden of Forgiveness,” Ileana Madrid of Panama City said she saw volunteering at the park as “an opportunity to show that God loves … more
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A Philippine army member inspects damage inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel following a bomb blast in Jolo Jan. 27, 2019. The explosion, just before morning Mass, killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens of others.
Church leaders call Philippine Church attack ‘heinous and evil’ terrorism
Church leaders condemned bomb explosions that killed at least 20 people and injured about 100 others inside a Catholic Church in the southern Philippines Jan. 27. They called the attack a … more
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A revolver is seen near the body of a man killed by police after drugs were found in his pockets in Manila, Philippines, Aug. 17, 2017. Catholic bishops in the Philippines broke what they described as their “collective silence” over “many disturbing issues” that have confronted the country in recent months.
In statement, Philippine bishops break silence on ‘disturbing issues’
Catholic bishops in the Philippines broke what they described as their “collective silence” over “many disturbing issues” that have confronted the country in recent … more
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