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George Floyd Verdict: Prayers for Change

"a sobering moment for our community," is how the archbishop of st. paul-minneapolis, bernard hebda described the situation in the wake of t...

I Was Very Young When I Came to the Franciscan University of Steubenville

i was very young when i came to live in steubenville. physically i was twenty-one, but in other ways i was much younger. i was a naive, book...

Transparency? We're Waiting...

a rider at sundown (patrick pleul/dpa/afp via getty images) church's pledge of transparency unfulfilled in +hoeppner case by christopher r. ...

Christopher Altieri

'Humanitarian Catastrophe' as New Wave of Covid-19 Hits Brazil

aerial view of the graves of covid-19 victims at the nossa senhora aparecida cemetery in manaus, amazon state, brazil, on april 15, 2021. (m...

Eduardo Campos Lima

COMECE urges EU Conference-planners: Don't forget the Churches

european commission president ursula von der leyen with documents related to a joint declaration on the sidelines of the conference on the f...

When Enough Is Enough

pope francis and cardinal becciu, undated file photo ©vatican media john allen is right. in his easter column at crux , he says the vatican ...

Christopher Altieri

The Good Friday tradition of the ‘Last Words of Christ’

cna staff, apr 2, 2021 / 01:30 am mt ( cna ) .- the tradition of reflecting on the last words of christ from the cross is a good friday prac...

The joys of silence

it is a truism that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. i have just published a book on monastic lessons, having visited ten monast...

Cardinal Bo: ‘Merciless killings’ turning Burma into ‘21st-century Calvary’

cardinal charles maung bo preaching at westminster cathedral in london, england, may 12, 2016. credit: mazur/catholicnews.org.uk via cna cna...

Amid hefty legal fees, Buffalo diocese cuts Catholic school spending

cna staff, mar 30, 2021 / 07:19 pm mt (cna).- following its bankruptcy filing last year, the diocese of buffalo, new york has cut spending o...