Elizabeth Barnstead

Actors receive final touches to their hair and makeup for the documentary "Going Home Like a Shooting Star: Thea Bowman's Journey to Sainthood," in La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 13, 2021. The documentary will air on ABC stations nationwide beginning Oct. 2, 2022. (CNS...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Calling sexual abuse “diabolical” and a “monstrosity,” Pope Francis underlined there is “zero tolerance” for those in the church who are guilty of abuse.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Beatifying Blessed John Paul I, Pope Francis praised the late pope for showing the world God’s goodness and for living the Gospel without compromise.

WARREN, Mich. (CNS) — Imagine you are 8 years old, and overnight, you have to leave your home — never to see it again, in all likelihood.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With St. Teresa of Kolkata’s death 25 years ago, there is an entire generation of young men and women who did not see much about her life and legacy, serving “the poorest of the poor.”

WASHINGTON (CNS) — This year’s annual Labor Day statement from the U.S. bishops touts two bills awaiting action in Congress as being helpful to children, women and families: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and an expansion of the federal child tax credit.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The death penalty is an affront to human dignity that offers no solace to victims and denies the possibility for conversion of those who commit serious crimes, Pope Francis said.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two Catholic agencies have joined a call by the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration for passage of a bipartisan bill that would provide newly arrived Afghans the opportunity to become lawful permanent U.S. residents.