IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) — When Donald J. Trump stepped over yet another invisible line of the contentious presidential race Oct. 20, many of the 1,500 people at 71st annual dinner of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation broke historic precedent to boo …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Erik De Castro, Reuters By Alastair Wanklyn TOKYO (CNS) — Heavy damage was reported to homes and farm land in the northern Philippines Oct. 20 after the strongest storm in three years struck overnight. Typhoon Haima barreled into northern Cagayan and Isabella provinces, ripping the roofs off homes …

IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Nancy Wiechec GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (CNS) — Kristen Dragoo came to Grand Teton National Park in 2002 for a college internship and never left. Armed with a degree in natural resources and environmental management, Dragoo has worked her way up the ladder to become …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When a choir director and parish priest differ over liturgical music, the choir should follow in good faith the wishes of the priest for the sake of unity, said the papal liturgist. When it comes to celebrating the liturgy, “we …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Pope Francis is throwing open the doors to the papal apartment — including the bedroom where popes have slept — in the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo. The palace was for centuries the summer residence of the Roman …

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In its ministry to young people, and especially in vocations promotion work, church workers must step out of the sacristy and take seriously the questions and concerns of the young, Pope Francis said. Young people are searching for meaning, and the best response …

IMAGE: Nancy Wiechec By Nancy Wiechec GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (CNS) — Mary Morris was lured to the Chapel of the Sacred Heart inside of the national park by a small wooden road sign. “I didn’t know the chapel was here,” the Hampshire, Illinois, resident told Catholic News Service …

IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Nancy Wiechec MOOSE, Wyo. (CNS) — Shirley Craighead knows a thing or two about grizzly bears. She and the bears live in the same place. “I live here and love it!” Craighead emphatically told Catholic News Service in her home in Moose, just shy of the …

IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ recent insistence on “walking ecumenism,” the notion that Christians will draw closer to each other as they work together to help the poor, should resonate well with Lutherans and Catholics in Sweden. “Swedes are known to be people of …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Chaz Muth GATLINBURG, Tenn. (CNS) — When Huntsville, Alabama, resident Patrick Eads prepared to take his family on a trip to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park last August, he made sure to pack necessary vacation items, which included the address to the nearest Catholic …