A Syrian firefighter uses a fire hose inside the destroyed Scientific Research Center April 14 in Damascus. The United States, France and Britain launched airstrikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again. (CNS photo/Omar Sanadiki, Reuters)Read More
The U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey fires a Tomahawk land attack missile April 14. The United States, France and Britain launched airstrikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again. (CNS photo/Lt. j.g Matthew Daniels, U.S. Navy via Reuters)Read More
The Reverend Raphael Gamaliel Warnock will be the featured speaker at an ecumenical and interfaith prayer service April 12, 7 p.m., at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.Read More
Pope Francis and hundreds of priests who are missionaries of mercy celebrate Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 10. The pope has continued the mandate of the missionaries of mercy. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Read More
LEFT: This is part of the cover of the English edition of Pope Francis' exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad"), on the "call to holiness in today's world." (CNS photo/Vatican Media); RIGHT: Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, papal vicar for the Diocese of Rome, holds a copy of Pope Francis' exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate"...Read More
Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, papal vicar for the Diocese of Rome, holds a copy of Pope Francis' exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad"), during a news conference on the exhortation at the Vatican April 9. The document is on the "call to holiness in today's world." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Read More
U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, a canon lawyer and former head of the Vatican's supreme court, is pictured in a 2014 photo. While the pope has the fullness of authority and power in the Catholic Church, he can exercise that authority only in obedience to Christ, and if he does not, it is up to...Read More
Legionaries of Christ Brother Anthony Freeman, 29, a U.S. seminarian from Houston studying in Rome, was found dead in his room April 2. Italian authorities are investigating the death. The "millennial" seminarian was very active in evangelization efforts on social media. He is pictured is this October 2017 photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Legionaries of Christ)Read More
