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People pray during Mass Oct. 7 at St. John the Evangelist Church in San Diego (CNS photo/David Maung).
Faith News
October 10, 2017
The U.S. bishops’ committee on marriage and family released the letter “Always Our Children” in 1997 as an attempt to encourage parents not to abandon their gay and lesbian children and to assure them of God’s love.
Pope Francis greets family members during an audience with participants in an international congress on protecting children in a digital world, at the Vatican Oct. 6. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
Faith News
October 06, 2017
“Amoris Laetitia” has yet to resonate with many black Catholics in the United States.
A man carries containers filled with water from a tank truck in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Sept. 26 (CNS photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters). 
Politics & Society News
September 28, 2017
Catholic Extension’s gift is meant to ensure that the spiritual needs of those suffering can also be met.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, where he said President Donald Trump is still seeking a legislative solution to replace to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Society Dispatches
September 28, 2017
Speaker Ryan will deliver the keynote address next month at the Al Smith dinner.
Politics & Society Dispatches
September 27, 2017
Australian bishops’ group urges a rejection of same-sex marriage in a national referendum, but other church leaders tell voters to follow their consciences.
Pope Francis leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & Society Dispatches
September 26, 2017
Speaking at the United Nations, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, said the “world is awash” with weapons.
A woman holds up a sign during a rally against assisted suicide in 2016 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. (CNS photo/Art Babych)
Politics & Society News
September 21, 2017
The American College of Physicians called for better promotion of palliative and hospice care, which opponents of physician-assisted suicide say are underutilized areas of medicine that could address concerns of patients facing difficult illnesses.
Pope Francis, seen here at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on June 28, has announced two significant reforms in recent weeks by releasing statements motu proprio. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Faith Explainer
September 21, 2017
When a pope issues a document “motu proprio,” it means he does so by his own motivation, and it can mean a significant change to church law.
Faith Dispatches
September 16, 2017
Due to “increasing negative feedback from various social media sites, the decision was made to withdraw the invitation extended to Father Martin.”
Hillary Clinton at the 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City, Oct. 20, 2016 (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz).
Politics & Society News
September 14, 2017
Mrs. Clinton writes that a TED Talk given by Pope Francis earlier this year helped her move beyond anger following her unexpected loss to Donald Trump.