IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis named Archbishop Angelo Becciu, Vatican substitute secretary of state, as his special delegate and sole spokesman to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. “Until the end of your mandate, that is until the conclusion of the extraordinary …

By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saying “religious freedom in America has suffered years of unprecedented erosion,” the U.S. Catholic bishops have posted an online letter for Catholics to send to President Donald Trump urging him to sign an executive order promoting religious freedom. The letter, found at www.votervoice.net/USCCB/Campaigns, says …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPA By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — The breadth of President Donald Trump’s authority to limit refugees entering the United States will be fought in federal court and some of the legal challenges ultimately may end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Several lawsuits have been …

By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — The newly reinstated grand chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta said the crisis that led to the resignation of the order’s grand master will remain a footnote in history that pales in comparison to the suffering of refugees and the poor. …

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When religious orders focus on survival rather than on sharing the joy and hope of faith in Jesus, they end up being “professionals of the sacred, but not fathers and mothers,” Pope Francis said. “The temptation of survival turns what the Lord presents …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – “Spiritual success” is a more accurate measure for the United States than wealth, according to likely billionaire President Donald Trump in remarks Feb. 2 at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. “America is a nation of believers,” Trump said. …

By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Leaders from six organizations want Americans and President Donald Trump to understand that refugees, especially those from war-torn Middle Eastern countries, are average people with careers, comfortable homes and loving families rather than see them as a monolithic threat to the United States. Their …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When it comes to helping the poor, the marginalized and refugees, Pope Francis urged Catholics not to mimic the “Mannequin Challenge” by just looking on, frozen and immobile. The video version of his prayer intention for February begins …

By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of two bishops’ committees expressed disappointment Feb. 1 over President Donald Trump’s decision to retain a 2014 executive order by his predecessor, Barack Obama, that bans federal discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity against federal employees and workers for federal …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Only pack rats would save copies of old newspapers. Or so you would think. But a consortium of librarians and archivists are preserving the Catholic news from the last century. As newspapers age, their pages get more brittle and fragile. …