By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said that in order to face the challenges ahead, young indigenous men and women must protect and never forget their roots and their cultures. In a video message sent to the World Meeting of Indigenous Youth in Soloy, Panama, Jan. …

Students, Seminarians, and Parishioners are in Washington DC for the annual March for Life on this anniversary of Roe V. Wade. LIVE COVERAGE FROM EWTN   Bishop Fenwick High School cancelled their trip to DC due to weather concerns, so they went to the March for Life event at Planned …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — For a few hours, Gio Gomez left the warmth of the Florida sun and headed north toward an arctic blast in Washington. She protected herself from the winter breeze while wrapped in a yellow and white Vatican flag outside the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — About 1,000 young Catholic Australians left their homeland to participate in World Youth Day in Panama. But, since they were in the neighborhood — well, make that hemisphere — about half of them made a visit to Washington prior to …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican has created a set of pastoral guidelines to inspire and improve the church’s work in addressing the crime of human trafficking and the care of its victims worldwide. The Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery …

Last year, a sold out crowd gathered to watch a demonstration by  Fr. Leo cooking  Penne Vodka. After dinner and a  night of fellowship, there was  and a friendly cookoff between the two priests, which featured ingredients such as turkey, Cincinnati’s Barbeque Grippo Potato Chips, and quail eggs. Check out the …

Thousands from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati attend the annual March for Life each January in Washington, D.C., marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion on demand. Among the participants are area high school students and their chaperones, who make the journey to the nation’s …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Lauren Desberg By Carl Peters CAMDEN, N.J. (CNS) — In recent months, violinist Alana Youssefian has performed at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Yale University and venues in Texas, California, Washington and Canada. But she’s coming home to New Jersey — her hometown …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a second letter issued in mid-January about what he knew and didn’t regarding abuse allegations involving his predecessor, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Washington’s retired archbishop, apologized Jan. 15 for what he called a "lapse of memory," clarifying that he knew …