World
As UK energy prices soar and winter bites, Catholic parishes offer warm respite
An idea that could help improve the lives of hundreds of people this winter came from a conversation between two sisters. Jill Boggan was speaking ... Read More
Report shows poverty growing globally, reversing recent gains
A child affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons pulls a jerrycan of water at Sopel village in Turkana, Kenya, Sept. 27, ... Read More
Pope Francis calls on religious not to be discouraged by ‘lack of vocations or by ageing’
Pope Francis addressing members of the Claretianum Institute of the Theology of the Consecrated Life at the Vatican, Nov. 7, 2022. Vatican Media Pope Francis ... Read More
Planting veggies on Church land to feed Philippines poor
A girl feeds her baby brother with free meals during a feeding program in a poor section of Manila, Philippines. Photo: CNS In the Philippines, ... Read More
Vatican renews China deal
Posters of Chinese President Xi Jinping hang on the wall of the house of a Tibetan Catholic during a Mass celebrated by Father Yao Fei ... Read More
Stories of released Ukrainian women ‘make blood run cold’
Ukrainian women who were prisoners of war in Russia become emotional as they arrive in Zaporizhzhia Oct. 17, 2022. After their release in a prisoner ... Read More
Word on Fire to combat ‘hidden genocide’ of Down Syndrome, people with disabilities
Pope Francis kisses Peter Lombardi, 12, of Columbus, Ohio, who has Down syndrome, after the boy rode in the popemobile during his general audience in ... Read More