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Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador, El Salvador, celebrates Mass July 4 in San Salvador. Celebrating a July 8 Mass, the new cardinal said his first major assignment will be to travel to South Korea for a meeting on how to achieve peace with North Korea. (CNS photo/Rodrigo Sura, EPA)

Salvadoran cardinal: Pope sending him to Korea to work for peace

Posted by - July 16, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating a Mass in his native El Salvador, newly created Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez said his first major assignment will be to travel to South Korea…
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Kevin DeMille, center, a graduate of Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, N.J., is now an assistant coach for the George Washington University women's basketball team in Washington. The successful coaching career of DeMille's mother, Ann, inspired him to become a coach when his own playing career ended. He is pictured during a game in 2016. (CNS photo/courtesy of George Washington University Athletic Communications)

Mom’s coaching career inspires Catholic school alum’s coaching success

Posted by - July 16, 2017
TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) — As his basketball career started to gain traction, Kevin DeMille realized it was going to be in the women’s game. And who better to learn from…
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Demonstrators rally outside the federal court in Detroit June 21 before a hearing to consider a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Iraqi nationals facing deportation. (CNS photo/Rebecca Cook, Reuters)

Avoiding deportation: Shifting policies leave many on tenterhooks

Posted by - July 9, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Immigrants facing deportation have won the occasional judicial victory, but getting a judge to hear their case poses the bigger problem in immigrants’ desperate attempt to stay…
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A woman religious prays July 2 during the "Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America" in Orlando, Fla. Leaders from dioceses and various Catholic organizations gathered for the July 1-4 convocation. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Changing landscape requires mutual accompaniment, convocation hears

Posted by - July 9, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic Church’s increasing diversity presents Catholics with the opportunity to accompany each other on the journey of faith Pope Francis envisions, a Boston College…
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Auxiliary Bishop Peter L. Smith of Portland, Ore., speaks with students at St. Rose School in Portland March 19. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and went through a 13-year process to become a U.S. citizen. (CNS photo/Ed Langlois, Catholic Sentinel)

Bishop who is immigrant praises newcomers to U.S. for ‘courageous spirit’

Posted by - July 9, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — It’s easy to forget that one of Oregon’s Catholic bishops is an immigrant. Portland Auxiliary Bishop Peter L. Smith, a native of South Africa, survived a…
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Pope Francis blesses a sick child in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 15, 2016, during a meeting with patients and workers of Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hospital. Responding to an Associated Press investigation, a top Vatican official said there had been past problems at the hospital, but that the current administration was making a "serious effort to resolve them." (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Pope’s pediatric hospital is fixing past problems, says cardinal overseer

Posted by - July 9, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While there had been problems and complaints in the past, the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital was working resolve them, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican…
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Philippines army soldiers ride in trucks into the fighting zone as government troops continue their assault against Islamic militants in Marawi. The Catholic bishop of Marawi dismissed as "ridiculous" proposals to negotiate for the release of a priest held captive by terrorist gunmen. (CNS photo/Jorge Silva, Reuters)

Marawi bishop says church can’t negotiate with terrorists who hold priest

Posted by - July 9, 2017
DAGUPAN, Philippines (CNS) — The Catholic bishop in the southern Philippine city of Marawi dismissed as “ridiculous” proposals to negotiate for the release of a priest held captive by terrorist…
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