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Report Identifies Abuses of Native American Children in Boarding Schools

Hundreds of boarding schools supported by the U.S. government for 150 years sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society, a first-of-its-kind report from the Interior Department said. more

By DENNIS SADOWSKI | 5/15/22

Nuns wait for the start of Pope Francis’ celebration of Mass for the canonization of 10 new saints in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 15. Five of the new saints are from Italy, three from France, one from India and one from the Netherlands.

Saints’ Lives Prove God’s Love for All, Pope Says at Canonization Mass

The lives of the saints prove that holiness is not an unreachable goal accomplished by a select few but comes from acknowledging and sharing God’s love, Pope Francis said. more

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | 5/15/22

Pope Francis welcomes youngsters to take a ride with him in the popemobile at the beginning of his weekly general audience May 11 in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pope Tells Grandparents to Leave Grandkids Their Legacy of Wisdom

Pope Francis told older people to use retirement as a time to serve others and to sow the seeds of their wisdom. more

By CAROL GLATZ | 5/11/22

Blessed César de Bus, who was born in 1544 in France and founded the Christian Doctrine Fathers, is pictured in a painting. He is among 10 new saints to be proclaimed by Pope Francis at a May 15 Vatican canonization ceremony.

Faith, Fortitude, Martyrdom, Miracles: Pope Will Recognize 10 New Saints

After a long pandemic pause, Pope Francis is scheduled to celebrate a Mass May 15 for the canonization of 10 men and women: five from Italy, three from France, one from India and one from the Netherlands. more

By CINDY WOODEN | 5/10/22

Pope Agrees to Treat Painful Knee With Therapeutic Injections

Pope Francis will have therapeutic injections to try to alleviate the pain in his right knee, he told an Italian newspaper. more

By CAROL GLATZ | 5/5/22

Catholic News Service to Cease Domestic Operations at Year’s End

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff May 4 a dramatic reorganization of its communications department, including the closure of the Washington, D.C. and New York offices of Catholic News Service. more

5/5/22

Cardinal Dolan prays April 30 in a makeshift chapel in the train station at Kosice, Slovakia, where thousands of Ukrainian refugees have arrived since their country’s invasion by Russia.

Cardinal Dolan Meets War Refugees in Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia

Cardinal Dolan led a New York Church delegation to visit and express solidarity with Ukrainian refugees, including those displaced in their native land and in the bordering countries of Poland and … more

5/4/22

Pope Tells Russian Patriarch They Are Not ‘Clerics of the State’

Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not “turn himself into Putin’s altar boy,” Pope Francis also said he would like to go to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the conflict in Ukraine. more

By CAROL GLATZ | 5/3/22

Students from St. Anthony’s Catholic School in Washington, D.C., attend the dedication and blessing of Sister Thea Bowman Drive at The Catholic University of America April 29. Sister Bowman, who died in 1990, is one of six Black Catholics who are candidates for sainthood. Her sainthood cause was opened in 2018 and she has the title “Servant of God.”

Catholic University Names Street in Honor of Sister Thea Bowman

Officials at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. dedicated and blessed a campus street April 29 named in honor of the late Sister Thea Bowman, a noted educator and evangelist who studied at Catholic University and whose cause for canonization was opened in 2018. more

By RICHARD SZCZEPANOWSKI | 5/2/22

Pope Very Clear Victim Care Centers Must Be Set Up, Cardinal O’Malley Says

Pope Francis has given his safeguarding commission a “very clear” mandate to encourage and supervise the world’s bishops’ conferences in establishing survivor support centers and services, said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. more

By CAROL GLATZ | 5/2/22

People in St. Peter’s Square attend Pope Francis’ recitation of the “Regina Coeli” at the Vatican May 1.

Jesus Renews Love for Life, Pope Says

When disheartened and disappointed in life, Christians can rest assured that the risen Christ brings hope and the courage to begin anew, Pope Francis said. more

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | 5/2/22

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the “Regina Coeli” from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 1. The pope appealed for peace in Ukraine and called the suffering of vulnerable elderly and children a “macabre regression of humanity.”

Pope Denounces ‘Macabre Regression of Humanity’ in Ukraine

Renewing his appeal for peace, Pope Francis said he grieves for the suffering of the Ukrainian people, especially given reports of children and the elderly being forcibly deported to Russia. more

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | 5/2/22

The dress worn by actor Judy Garland in the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” is seen at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. July 7, 2021.

Catholic University Selling Dorothy Dress to Help School’s Drama Department

Dorothy’s refrain, “There’s no place like home,” in “The Wizard of Oz” also could be echoed by her blue and white gingham dress from the 1939 movie. more

By CAROL ZIMMERMANN | 4/28/22

Pope, Council of Cardinals Meet, Discuss War in Ukraine

Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals met in-person at the Vatican April 25, discussing the war in Ukraine, the Vatican press office said. more

By CAROL GLATZ | 4/28/22

Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 27.

Hope and Joy Reawaken When Old and Young Come Together, Pope Says

If young people recognize all that they have received with gratitude and older people take the initiative of relaunching hope in young people for their future, then nothing can stop the flourishing of God’s blessings among people, Pope Francis said. more

By CAROL GLATZ | 4/27/22

Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, is pictured in an undated portrait.

First-Class Relic of Knights Founder at Seminary April 28

A first-class bone relic of Blessed Michael McGivney, a Connecticut priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus, will be available for public veneration Thursday, April 28, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie. more

4/27/22

Melissa Lucio is seen in this undated photo. Ms. Lucio, a Catholic mother of 14, was sentenced to death in Texas in 2007 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, that Lucio, now 53, has maintained was due to an accidental fall down a stairwell. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution April 25.

Catholic Leaders Thankful for Melissa Lucio’s Stay of Execution

Catholic leaders were thankful that death-row inmate Melissa Lucio was granted a last-minute stay of execution April 25, but they also said her sentence shows a failure in the use of capital punishment in this country and stressed that they would continue to pray for Ms. Lucio and her family and advocate on her behalf. more

By CAROL ZIMMERMANN | 4/27/22

Joe Kennedy is seen in this undated photo.

Court Seems to Side With Football Coach Over Postgame Prayers

The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach April 25 who said his postgame prayers on the field—that cost him his job— amounted to private speech and not the public school’s endorsement of religion. more

By CAROL ZIMMERMANN | 4/26/22

Easter baskets are seen near the sanctuary as Bishop Paul P. Chomnycky of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, Conn. celebrates an Easter Divine Liturgy April 24 at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manhattan’s East Village.

Ukrainian Catholics in New York Celebrate Easter by Praying for War’s End

Ukrainian Catholics in New York celebrated Easter with prayers that Christ’s triumph over death will also signify victory over everything evil happening in their home country. more

By BETH GRIFFIN | 4/26/22

Good or Bad Nations Do Not Exist Since Wickedness Is Everywhere, Pope Says

There is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” nation because wickedness can be found everywhere, Pope Francis said. more

By CAROL GLATZ | 4/26/22