November 4, 2025 WASHINGTON – Since 2016, the Catholic Church has observed the World Day of the Poor on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time as way for Catholics to reflect more deeply on…
WASHINGTON – As world leaders gather for the 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), the bishop chairmen who lead committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that address climate policy were…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While praising devotion to Mary, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as “co-redemptrix” or “co-mediatrix.” In a lengthy doctrinal note titled “Mater…
WASHINGTON – On the weekend of December 13-14, the faithful will have the opportunity to support more than 21,000 elderly sisters, brothers and religious order priests. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO), the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christ crucified and risen has tamed and transfigured death with his love, Pope Leo XIV said. “We are saddened, of course, when a loved one leaves us,” the pope said in…
ROME (CNS) — As Christians visit cemeteries on the feast of All Souls and remember their loved ones who have died, they do so with faith that at the end of this life they will…