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- The Shroud of Turin and the Facts
  
  By Fr. Dwight Longenecker | Some time ago a mainstream media outlet reported on the Shroud of Turin and said, “Pope Francis prayed Sunday before the Shroud of Turin, a strip of cloth that...
- Health Care Bill Update: USCCB, Pro-Lifers Concerned Pro-Life Language May Be Cut
  
  By Matt Hadro/CNA/EWTN News | WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops’ conference has warned that the proposed Senate health care bill will put serious burdens on poor families and is “unacceptable as...
- “La La Land” and the Liberating of Traditions
  
  By Susanna Spencer | “La La Land” is the only recent movie I have seen to which I can relate to so completely. My husband and I finally got around to it the other night on our anniversary. We had...
- Cardinal Parolin Says ‘In All Probability’ He Will Visit Moscow Soon
  
  By Edward Pentin | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, has said he will “in all probability” visit Moscow in August to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the...
- The Gift of Priestly Celibacy
  
  By Father Brian Mullady, OP | In the film The Nun’s Story, produced in the late 1950s, just before the vocation crisis that has so struck the Church in the last 50 years, the postulants enter the...
Catholic News Service
- Vatican announces pope will attend reconciliation events in Colombia
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Leonardo Munoz, EPA By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Days after rebels in Colombia announced turning in the last of their cache of weapons over to international observers, the...
- Bishop: 'Fundamental defects' persist in Senate's version of health bill
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Shawn Thew, EPA By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act contains "many of the fundamental defects" that appeared in the...
- Venezuela risks becoming Caribbean 'North Korea,' former leaders say
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Miguel Gutierrez, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Two former Latin American presidents said the world is running out of time to find a solution to the crisis in...
- Under the radar: South Sudan needs media attention, immediate action
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Carol Glatz By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is first of all a shepherd who makes seeking out the lost and forgotten his top priority. But he also knows that...
- Scorsese says a boyhood of church and movies continues to inspire him
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass By Cindy Wooden QUEBEC CITY (CNS) -- Faith and films have been lifelong obsessions for director Martin Scorsese, obsessions that he said have given him...
EWTN News
- How Catholic culture can thrive on the internet
  
  Quebec City, Canada, Jun 23, 2017 / 02:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Social media can be difficult to navigate, but Catholics can reach out with a content-savvy approach that can truly engage people, young...
- El Salvador's first cardinal a friend of Blessed Oscar Romero
  
  San Salvador, El Salvador, Jun 21, 2017 / 04:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis' decision to elevate Bishop José Gregorio Rosa Chávez is unprecedented: not only is he the first...
- Pope Francis to visit Chile, Peru in January 2018
  
  Lima, Peru, Jun 19, 2017 / 11:41 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Holy See Press Office announced Monday that Pope Francis will travel to Chile from January 15 to 18 and Peru from January 18 to 21, 2018...
- This is the first laundry with Down syndrome workers in Latin America
  
  Concepción, Chile, May 28, 2017 / 05:09 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Three years ago the Church in Chile launched "Lavandería 21," a new work inclusion project for people with Downs...
- Following sixth journalist murder this year, Mexican bishops speak up
  
  Mexico City, Mexico, May 22, 2017 / 04:23 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Mexican Bishops' Conference offered prayers for journalists as they face increased violence in their efforts to uncover truth.