Catholic News Service

Russian church leader hopes cardinal tackles local issues during visit
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- August 14, 2017
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will be the most senior Vatican figure in Moscow in nearly two decades when he visits August 20-24. Catholics in Russia hopes he uses the visit to help the local Catholic community, in addition to speaking about international affairs and ties with the dominant Russian Orthodox Church.
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Mariachi musicians know where credit goes for their talent: to God
- Catholic News Service, Faith
- August 13, 2017
Two members of a mariachi band, Miguel Grima and his nephew Jonathan Grima, explain all the ways their music serves them and the people in their community both in celebration and grief. But at church, the music is divinely inspired. “When I sing at Mass, that’s when I raise my voice in song and give my thanks to God for the gifts he has given me,” Miguel said.
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Pro soccer player attributes his strength to his faith
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 12, 2017
Taylor Washington found that even when he was doing well on the soccer field he was a bit lost in college. He remembers sitting in an empty classroom on campus one day when he was struck by an epiphany after which he involved himself once again with his Catholicism and his life vastly improved.
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Sister Teresa Maya, new LCWR president, brings bicultural view to role
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 12, 2017
The new president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Sister Teresa Maya, is an American born in Mexico and with plenty of experience living in both countries. She is bringing that experience of knowing both cultures to leading an organization that works with an increasing number of Latinos.
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Bishop warns of ‘dumbed-down Gospel’ behind anti-immigrant stance
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 12, 2017
In an effort to deport more people than President Obama did, the Trump administration is focusing on immigrants who follow the rules and show up to their meeting with ICE to tell them their whereabouts. Criminals and people who pose a danger to society are too difficult to find so they are a lower priority.
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Cardinal calls Salvadorans to reflect on true meaning of martyrdom
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- August 11, 2017
Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador says the real martyrs of El Salvador are Blessed Oscar Romero, “the assassinated priests and the four U.S. women — three religious and a laywoman — whose lives were taken in December 1980,” referring to Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan, a laywoman.
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