IMAGE: CNS photo/St. Anthony Messenger By CINCINNATI (CNS) — In what came to be her final interview, actress Florence Henderson told St. Anthony Messenger magazine that throughout her life, through good times and bad, her Catholic faith was her foundation. “I don’t ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register By Theresa Laurence NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — As the American people continue to unpack exactly what the election of Donald Trump means for the country, those who work with vulnerable populations such as refugees and immigrants have serious concerns and questions about what the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a video message, Cuban President Raul Castro announced the Nov. 25 death of his 90-year-old brother and longtime Cuban leader and Communist icon whom many in Latin America know by just one name: Fidel. “It is with great sorrow that I …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Shiraaz Mohamed, EPA By Bronwen Dachs CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — Hunger levels are so severe in drought-ridden southern Madagascar that many people in remote villages have eaten almost nothing but cactus fruit for up to four years, said a Catholic Relief Services official. Eating this fruit …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Will Kirk By Christopher Gunty BALTIMORE (CNS) — In October 1791, five men began studies for the priesthood at the first seminary in the United States, just a couple years after the Diocese of Baltimore was established as the first in the country in 1789. At the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom Tracy By Ana Rodriguez-Soto MIAMI (CNS) — While many celebrated loudly on the streets, the death of Fidel Castro triggered a more subdued reaction among the Cuban exiles who attended the noon Mass Nov. 26 at the National Shrine of Our Lady Charity. “Today is a day …

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just as “the habit does not make the monk,” taking a vow of poverty does not automatically mean a consecrated person lives with a detachment from material things and in solidarity with the poor, Pope Francis said. In fact, “the hypocrisy of consecrated …

IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As a towering spruce tree was erected in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican released Pope Francis’ liturgy schedule for Advent, Christmas and the month of January. The 82-feet-tall Christmas tree arrived in the square Nov. 24. According to the papal calendar released by …

IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Humanity does not own God’s gift of creation and has no right to pillage it, Pope Francis said. “We are not custodians of a museum and its masterpieces that we have to dust off every morning, but rather collaborators in …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit By Matthew Davis MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) — Hundreds filled the front steps of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis Nov. 20 following Mass to witness the closing of the church’s Holy Doors, marking the end of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year of Mercy. …