VATICAN CITY (CNS)–One by one 11 senior churchmen knelt before Pope Francis to receive their red hats, a cardinal’s ring and a scroll formally declaring their new status and assigning them a [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS)–The first day of the virtual fall assembly of the U.S. Catholic bishops, Nov. 16, included discussion about the Vatican report on Theodore McCarrick, the ongoing pandemic and the [...]
SYRACUSE, N.Y.–While postelection tensions are exceptionally high, Americans are not as ultra-polarized as the media portrays and they have the tools to help restore personal perspective and [...]
WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS)—President-elect Joe Biden told hundreds of supporters in Wilmington that he pledged “to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify” and “who doesn’t see red states [...]
Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., issued the following statement Nov. 10 upon release of the Vatican report on the investigation of now-disgraced former cardinal, Theodore McCarrick:
DECATUR—When Tony Alonso imagines the choirs and believers in the pews singing his music, it isn’t polished musicians hitting every note he envisions, but the imperfect, faith-filled women and [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS)–Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory, installed as Washington’ s archbishop in May 2019, thanked Pope Francis “with a very grateful and humble heart” for naming him as one of 13 [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS)–As it did in 2016, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging people of faith to take part in an election novena beginning Oct. 26 and ending Nov. 3, Election Day.
ROSWELL—A hymn written with the 13th century words of St. Francis of Assisi opened the pallium Mass, reflecting the simplicity and values of the saint.
ROSWELL—Father Michael Heine, OFM Conv., joined with brothers from his province to celebrate the pallium Mass for Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., at St. Peter Chanel Church on Oct. 7.