NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — In the Kenyan town of Iten, more than 7,800 feet above sea level, Irish Patrician Brother Colm O’Connell is working to

CLEVELAND (CNS) — Officials reported that at least 12 people had died as Tropical Storm Laura lashed Haiti and the Dominican Republic with strong winds

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Situations of persecution, of mourning and of violence were on Pope Francis’ mind Aug. 23 as he recited the Angelus prayer

MEXICO CITY (CNS) — People started lining up shortly after noon outside the 16th-century Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in southern Mexico City. Most

MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Nearly a decade after the slaying of 72 migrants on a ranch in northeastern Mexico, church leaders and migrant shelter operators

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Church teaching on giving priority to the well-being of the poor and marginalized is not a political or ideological choice; it

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — Bishops in Belarus demanded an end to repression and confirmed that Catholic clergy and laypeople were beaten and jailed during street

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even while enjoying a summer break, people should not forget those who are suffering because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis

MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The Catholic Church asked the U.K. government to give extra cash to religious charities to prevent them from going bust as

COVID-19 awakens Kenyan rural parishes’ social ministryBy Fredrick Nzwili Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — In the collection baskets, priests in rural Kenya have

JERUSALEM (CNS) — From her home’s balcony in the predominantly Maronite Catholic Upper Galilee village of Gush Halav — or Jish as it is known in

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The coronavirus pandemichas shed light on other, “more widespread social diseases,” particularly attacks on the God-given humandignity of every person, Pope Francis said. “The pandemichas highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected we all