IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy David Reich By NEW YORK (CNS) — Frank Siller, chairman and CEO of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, is the 2019 recipient of the Christopher Leadership Award. He is being recognized by The Christophers "for the invaluable aid he brings to catastrophically injured veterans, first …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Maxim Shemetov, Reuters By Elizabeth Rackover Clancy RICHMOND, Calif. (CNS) — Eight years ago, "Game of Thrones" began on HBO and the worlds of water-cooler conversations, fire-breathing dragons and social media haven’t been the same since. To say it’s been a wild ride is the least of it. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led thousands of pilgrims in prayer for a Spanish missionary sister killed in Central African Republic. While greeting French pilgrims attending his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square May 22, the pope said he was …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Holy Spirit gives Christians the courage and the strength needed to engage in a loving dialogue with God that is like the dialogue of a child with his or her father, Pope Francis said. "Do not forget …

Father Pivonka assumes top pastoral and leadership duties immediately STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—In a unanimous decision, the Board of Trustees of Franciscan University of Steubenville elected Father David Pivonka, TOR, as the school’s seventh president on May 21. He succeeds Father Sean O. Sheridan, TOR, who has served as president since 2013. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, Reuters By David Agren TAPACHULA, Mexico (CNS) — Sister Bertha Lopez was buying 55-pound sacks of rice, when the cashier asked: "Where do they want the rice? For Guatemala or for whom?" Sister Bertha informed the cashier, "We’re buying it to feed our migrant brothers" …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Jacob Comello WASHINGTON (CNS) — Upon hearing the word "mission," most Catholics visualize hospitals or schools run by nuns or other prelates in poor areas of the world, or small, tightknit parish communities in areas where Catholicism is still an alien or marginalized religion. But …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Any time money changes hands, there is a potential for financial misconduct, but the leaders of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority said the Holy See has made enormous strides in reducing its risks. Rene Brulhart and Tommaso Di Ruzza, respectively …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Father Edwin Banos By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Thousands attended the May 20 funeral of a Salvadoran priest found by his parishioners in what some presume is a gang killing. Parishioners found Father Cecilio Perez Cruz, a 35-year-old priest and pastor of San Jose La …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told the bishops of Italy that he was disappointed that so many of their dioceses had yet to implement the reforms he ordered to make the marriage annulment process quicker, more pastoral and less expensive. "I am …