By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — On May 30, New Hampshire lawmakers garnered enough votes to abolish the death penalty in the state, overriding a veto from Gov. Chris Sununu and becoming the 21st state to ban capital punishment. Bishop Peter A. Libasci of Manchester thanked lawmakers shortly after the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Knights of Columbus By Mickey Conlon TORONTO (CNS) — A long-standing tradition will end this summer as the Knights of Columbus discard the ceremonial capes and plumed chapeaus of its fourth-degree members. July 1 will mark the end of a 79-year era when the Knights change the ceremonial …

IMAGE: CNS graphic/Lucy Barco, Catholic Register By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said he hopes his visit to Romania will strengthen the bonds of faith that unite Orthodox and Catholics in the country. The ties between the two churches date back to the apostles Peter and …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World By SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNS) — In a 64-50 vote May 28, the Illinois House passed an abortion bill the Catholic Conference of Illinois called "an extreme measure" that allows "for the abortion of unborn life at any stage of pregnancy and for any …

IMAGE: CNS/USCCB By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic communications in all forms — print, digital, broadcast, social media — are essential to informing the Catholic faithful about the Catholic Church, two church communicators told Catholic News Service. "Now more than ever, when there’s such a barrage of secular news, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike Stechschulte, The Michigan Catholic By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI had imposed restrictions on the public ministry of former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick in 2008, but they were not formal sanctions and were not followed strictly, even during the papacy of Pope Benedict …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters By JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CNS) — Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City expressed gratitude that lives were spared and that all residents of the Missouri capital are accounted for following a devastating tornado. He said in a May 23 statement that the staff of …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle added a photo of his "Lolo Kim" to a mosaic of migrants, world leaders and Caritas workers to illustrate how humanity forms one family and is sharing one journey. The mosaic, now including the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Nations, like individuals, have a "solemn duty" to care for the poor and to work together to promote development, Pope Francis told a group of ambassadors beginning their service at the Vatican. International cooperation for development and for peacemaking tap into …

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 …