National / International News:

Pope tells sisters the church needs them, they need the church

1 week ago

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told 800 superiors of women's orders from around the world that the Catholic Church needs religious women and that religious women need to be in harmony with the faith and teachings of the church.


Foster care seen as crucial to helping unaccompanied minors flourish

1 week ago

GLENDALE, Ariz. (CNS) -- As a child, Johnson Toe spent 12 hours a day farming okra, rice, tomatoes, and peppers on his grandmother's farm in Liberia.


USCCB says Administration mandate violates First Amendment freedoms of Religious Orders and others

March 20, 2013

WASHINGTON— The general counsel of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops states that the current proposed revisions of the Obama Administration’s contraceptive mandate are “an unprecedented …violation of religious liberty by the federal government” and must be changed.