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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Mothana Butres By Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT (CNS) — When Islamic State fighters overran Qaraqosh, Iraq, in the summer of 2014, Mothana Butres was able to grab only a single volume from his father’s collection of thousands of Syriac books and manuscripts. The handwritten, 600-year-old book …

By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young Catholics are looking for a church that listens to their concerns, accompanies them in discerning their vocations and helps them confront the challenges they face, said a working document for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on young people. The synod’s “instrumentum …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Callaghan O’Hare, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) – From Denver to New York City, the country’s Catholic bishops have joined a chorus of organizations, institutions and high-profile individuals urging the Trump administration to stop separating children from their parents as they seek respite in the U.S. from …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Kith Serey, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All dictatorships begin the same way: media outlets are put in the hands of “unscrupulous” people who spread lies and weaken democracy, Pope Francis said. Typical standards, norms and laws in regard to communications are first eliminated, the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The brother of Chilean Father Fernando Karadima called on his brother to ask forgiveness for the hurt inflicted on those he sexually abused. “I would ask him to be humble. Fernando, ask for forgiveness. Not in silence to God …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) — Julie Asher is the recipient of the 2018 St. Francis de Sales Award from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. The award recognizes “outstanding contributions to Catholic journalism” and is the highest honor given by CPA. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) — When world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought his Concert for Peace to St. Sabina Church for the second time June 10, there was a special feature — five original works written with family members who lost loved ones to …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Abedin Taherkenareh, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The theory that well-being will automatically flow down to everyone from the riches of the few is “a lie,” Pope Francis said. The beatitudes show the way, he said, because they show that holiness doesn’t concern just the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CNS) — A planned pastoral letter addressing racism is on schedule for a November vote by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Sheldon J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, chairman of the bishop’s Ad Hoc Committee on Racism, said during …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy World Council of Churches By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ one-day pilgrimage to Geneva will mark another major ecumenical moment in his papacy. While he will celebrate Mass for the nation’s Catholics and meet with Vatican diplomatic staff working at U.N. agencies there, the …