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Archbishop Hebda after Catholic school shooting: We ask for your prayers and action, rooted in hope

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis addresses mourners during a prayer vigil at the Academy of Holy Angels following a shooting earlier in the day at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis Aug. 27, 2025. (OSV News photo/Tim Evans, Reuters)
By Maria [...]
2025-08-29T08:50:41-04:00August 28th, 2025|archbishop hebda, Catholic News, National/World News|

Archbishop Broglio’s Statement on the Death of President Jimmy Carter

December 30, 2024 (Washington) – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued the following statement on the passing of President Jimmy Carter.

“On behalf of my brother bishops, we join in mourning the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. His lifelong work on behalf of peace among nations will continue to serve as an inspiration for a world in need of peacemakers. I pray for the repose of his soul and the comfort of […]

2024-12-31T18:08:26-05:00December 31st, 2024|Catholic News, Former President Jimmy Carter|

Though retired, Bishop Perry will continue to lead USCCB’s anti-racism committee

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City spoke during a Nov. 14, 2023, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. He presented the action item requiring a vote to reauthorize [...]
2023-11-15T10:47:08-05:00November 14th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Share joy of God’s love, sow seeds of hope in world, pope tells youths

Pope Francis signaled that hundreds of thousands of young people are not loud enough after he asked them to repeat that there is space for “everyone, everyone, everyone” in the church. The pope’s remarks came at the World Youth Day welcome [...]
2023-11-15T10:47:10-05:00November 14th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Kerry Alys Robinson named as next Catholic Charities USA president and CEO

Kerry Alys Robinson has been named as the next president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the group that spearheads the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in the United States, the charity said July 25. (OSV News photo/Catholic Charities USA)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Kerry Alys [...]
2023-07-31T12:27:27-04:00July 28th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Greek church leaders urge ‘learning of lessons’ amid devastating fires

A firefighter walked next to rising flames as a wildfire burns near the village of Vati, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 25. (OSV News photo/Nicolas Economou, Reuters)
By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholics in Greece have called for lessons to be learned after a [...]
2023-07-31T12:27:32-04:00July 28th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Annual Father Augustus Tolton procession to be joined by National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

Father Augustus Tolton, born into slavery, was the first recognized Black American ordained to the priesthood and is a candidate for sainthood. An annual procession to the gravesite of Father Tolton, one of six Black Catholic candidates for sainthood, will be joined July 9, 2024, by pilgrims walking [...]
2023-07-14T11:15:56-04:00July 13th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Global synod’s first-ever discussion of ‘LGBTQ+ people’ raises important pastoral questions

People prayed during the closing Mass for the Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City June 18, 2023. Following the Vatican’s working document publication, Catholic groups involved in ministry to persons [...]
2023-07-14T11:16:07-04:00July 12th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Pascal was exemplar of evangelization for modern age, says pope

French philosopher Blaise Pascal is depicted in a 1691 portrait now held in the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. (CNS Photo Courtesy of French Ministry of Culture)
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY — French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal, who lived his Christian [...]
2023-06-26T10:56:27-04:00June 22nd, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Pope returns to Vatican, ‘is better than before,’ chief surgeon says

Pope Francis smiled and waved to people as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital early June 16, 2023, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery. (CNS Photo by Vatican Media)
By Carol Glatz ROME — Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after a nine-day [...]
2023-06-20T09:33:31-04:00June 16th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|