IMAGE: CNS photo/Chris Sheridan By Armando Machado NEW YORK (CNS) — At the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Lower Manhattan, Polina Maller, 11, took a few moments from her violin lesson to talk about her appreciation for music. “It’s fun, and I like it. Music makes me feel …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Ana Rodriguez-Soto, Florida Catholic By Ana Rodriguez-Soto GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (CNS) — Father Rafael Bercasio pastors perhaps the smallest parish in America — and the most uniquely situated. A short walk away from the south rim of the Grand Canyon sits El Cristo Rey Chapel, a …

By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Pope Francis has given a Belgian religious order until the end of August to stop offering euthanasia to psychiatric patients. Brother Rene Stockman, superior general of the order, told Catholic News Service the pope gave his personal approval to a Vatican demand that …

IMAGE: EPA By SAN SALVADOR, El Savlador (CNS) — Salvadorans plan to walk more than 90 miles in three days to mark the centennial of Blessed Oscar Romero’s birth. Participants will leave the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador Aug. 11 and are scheduled to arrive in Ciudad Barrios, the eastern …

On Wednesday August 2, 2017, it was a day for our school principals to prepare for the upcoming 2017-2018 academic year. While students are enjoying their final moments of summer, school administrators, faculty, and staffs are busy getting everything in order for the students. CT Photos/E.L. Hubbard

IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — After years in exile from the church they had called home for the past 95 years, the American Catholic community in Rome moved to a new church they can finally call their own. Located just a few steps …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — After years in exile from the church they had called home for the past 95 years, the American Catholic community in Rome moved to a new church they can finally call their own. Located just a few steps …

IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Summertime can and should be a time for extra prayer, a moment of peace that allows Christians to savor the joy of their relationship with Jesus and find new strength to reach out with love to others, Pope Francis …

IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Summertime can and should be a time for extra prayer, a moment of peace that allows Christians to savor the joy of their relationship with Jesus and find new strength to reach out with love to others, Pope Francis …

Almost 300 youth gather at center for Adoration, Music, and Praise More than 278 young people gathered in Ludlow Falls on June 24 for day of evangelization and celebration. The second annual AMP Fest (“AMP” stands for “Adoration, Music, Praise”) in grades seven through 12 attended the day hosted by …