IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern Ukraine and in Syria, the Vatican said. Russia plays a major role in both conflicts. At the end of the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia reminded clergy, religious and the faithful what a blessing it is to be an American this Independence Day. In a July 3 statement, he thanked the Lord for allowing his ancestors …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Chicago Catholic By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) — A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a "constant dialogue" and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago. Her healing, which saved her life and the life of her unborn child, was …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Rus VanWestervelt, Catholic Review By Rus VanWestervelt ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (CNS) — Simon Wong’s 40-hour journey to the ChristLife National Training Conference began at his parish, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit — in Penang, Malaysia. "The 40 hours was a blessing," Wong said of multiple jet flights, spurred …

IMAGE: CNS photo/David Agren By David Agren TENOSIQUE, Mexico (CNS) — Maribel — a Garifuna woman from Honduras and mother of six children, ages 6 months to 16 years — only wanted to work. She baked coconut bread and sold it the streets of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, until a …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Dalia Khamissy By Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT (CNS) — After enduring persecution, violence and uprooting, a group of Iraqi religious and laypeople are on the path to healing. "They are suffering, in their minds and in their souls," said Melkite Father Gabriel Hachem, part of a team from …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican City State tribunal has ordered the opening of two tombs in a small Vatican cemetery at the request of the family of Emanuela Orlandi, a young woman who disappeared in 1983. Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican City resident and …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Loren Elliott, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic bishops from both sides of the border near McAllen, Texas, issued a joint statement expressing condolences to the families of migrant children and parents who recently drowned trying to cross the river into the United States. Bishop Daniel …

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for 2019 Entrusted to the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) JULY The Integrity of Justice That those who administer justice may work with integrity, and that the injustice which prevails in the world may not have the last word.

By Courtney Grogan Vatican City, Jul 1, 2019 / 04:00 am (CNA).- The Vatican announced Monday that Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman will be canonized on October 13 in Rome. During a consistory of cardinals July 1, Pope Francis decreed that Newman and four other blesseds will be canonized together …