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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seen in Washington March 18, 2012. The USDA is one of several federal agencies that will be affected by proposed rules announced Jan. 16, 2020, by President Donald Trump to ensure faith-based service providers and organizations are not discriminated against in agency regulations or their grant-making process because of religion. (CNS photo/Gary Cameron, Reuters)

Bishops welcome guidance on school prayer, Trump’s proposed rules

Posted by - January 26, 2020
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ religious liberty and Catholic education committees Jan. 20 praised the Trump administration for issuing guidance on prayer in public schools. The…
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Pope Francis delivers his homily as he celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Jan. 16, 2020. God shows the greatest love and compassion for the greatest sinners, Pope Francis said. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

The greater the sinner, the greater God’s love, pope says

Posted by - January 26, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God shows the greatest love and compassion for the greatest sinners, Pope Francis said. The Lord “has come precisely for us sinners and the greater the…
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A newly married couple kiss outside Madrid's Royal Palace in 2017. Catholic couples in Spain will undergo up to three years of marriage preparation under an initiative by their bishops to reverse the country's high rates of divorce. (CNS photo/Juan Medina, Reuters)

Spanish bishops launch marriage prep course that could last 2-3 years

Posted by - January 26, 2020
MADRID (CNS) — Catholic couples in Spain will undergo up to three years of marriage preparation under an initiative by their bishops to reverse the country’s high rates of divorce.…
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Pope Francis, Lutheran Bishop Teemu Laajasalo of Helsinski, left, and other members of an ecumenical delegation from Finland leave the papal library following a meeting at the Vatican Jan. 17, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Gratitude to God should expand hearts, lead to hospitality, pope says

Posted by - January 26, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every Christian should be grateful for the gift of his or her baptism, and that gratitude should draw them together to recognize that they are brothers…
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Mother Margarita—The Educator

Posted by - January 26, 2020
Catholic Schools’ Week (January 26-February 1 in 2020) as a designated celebration did not exist in Mother Margarita’s tenure as an educator.  Had it been, however, she would have been…
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Students from Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell, Ga., watch as Jason Podhorez, project manager and the school's computer systems administrator, moves an exterior wall panel into place on the east side of a tiny home Jan. 24, 2020. The construction project was part of an effort by the Catholic school to weave several subjects into school projects, linking religion and the arts to engineering and technology. (CNS photo/Michael Alexander, The Georgia Bulletin)

Tiny house project fosters culture of service, helps someone in need

Posted by - January 26, 2020
ROSWELL, Ga. (CNS) — A months-long project to build a tiny home checked all the boxes for Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell. The project — which began in November…
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Alonna Mertz plays with her twin daughters, Lilly and Eve, at the home of Joan and Robley Evans in Mendota Heights, Minn., Jan. 3, 2020. A year ago the family took in Mertz and the twins, who will turn 2 Feb. 2. Mertz became pregnant unexpectedly in 2017 and was considering abortion. She went as far as going to an abortion clinic, but what she describes as a "miracle" took place the day she went. She changed her mind and instead sought help at a pro-life center in Woodbury, Minn., where she had once volunteered. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Mom of twins says ‘miracle’ events led her to reject abortion, choose life

Posted by - January 26, 2020
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. (CNS) — Alonna Mertz prayed in front of abortion clinics as a teenager in Michigan, driven by her well-formed, pro-life conviction. Then, in 2017 as a young…
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Pope Francis meets with U.S. bishops from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas during their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Jan. 20, 2020. The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits to report on the status of their dioceses to the pope and Vatican officials. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope urges bishops to teach discernment, including on political issues

Posted by - January 26, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sometimes the political choices people face can seem like a choice between supporting a “snake” or supporting a “dragon,” but Pope Francis told a group of…
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, president of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad, attends a session at the 50th World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2020. (CNS photo/Denis Balibouse, Reuters)

Integral development for all is a moral duty, pope tells leaders at Davos

Posted by - January 26, 2020
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told global business and government leaders that everyone has the moral responsibility to seek the integral development of all people, but especially those who…
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