IMAGE: CNS photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion By Natalie Hoefer TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (CNS) — Nearly 100 people were bathed in light as they gathered for a prayer vigil at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Terre Haute, not far from the Federal Correctional Complex. Despite the lights and bright glow, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With rumors swirling around about two of their members, the bishops of New York state reached the centerpiece of their "ad limina" pilgrimage to Rome: the tomb of St. Peter. The bishops’ early morning Mass in the grotto of …

By Perry West Lexington, Ky., Nov 14, 2019 / 03:12 am (CNA).- A Kentucky diocese is leasing a tenantless building to a Catholic charity to create a holistic recovery program for people in the area struggling with drug addictions. “It’s an exciting possibility,” said Jenny Ramsay, co-founder and director of …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) — A third-party reporting system to field sexual misconduct allegations against bishops could be in place by the end of February, an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told the bishops during their fall general assembly in Baltimore. The …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — The day after the U.S. bishops were encouraged at their Baltimore meeting to bring young people back to the church, they were urged to also pay more attention to and support the teens and young adults among them in parishes …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis warned that violence against Jewish people, which reached a state of horror during World War II, is on the rise again. During his weekly general audience Nov. 13, the pope reflected on the lives of Priscilla …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) — The long nights and rain of November eventually lead to the expectation and joy of Advent and Christmas, which reminds people that Christian hope is the only way forward through difficult moments, said Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, New …

By Michael Sainsbury SYDNEY (CNS) — The High Court of Australia has decided to give Cardinal George Pell, 78, a final chance to argue against his conviction on five counts of child sexual abuse. High Court Justices Michelle Gordon and James Edelman announced Nov. 13 that they referred the cardinal’s …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Josephine von Dohlen WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the U.S. Supreme Court justices prepared to hear oral arguments in a case on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program the morning of Nov. 12, Catholics met at Columbus Circle in Washington to pray the rosary …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Gabriella N. Baez, Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — Two months after Hurricane Dorian upended life in the northern Bahamas, a newly launched fund will support hundreds of Catholic school students displaced by the storm. The Archdiocese of Nassau recently launched the Each One Reach One initiative …