This is a copy of the document written by a Franciscan monk, Benedict of Poland, detailing his travels on a papal diplomatic mission to Mongolia in 1245. In late February the Polish Institute in Rome dedicated an exhibit to the adventures of Benedict of Poland, who traveled to Mongolia 25 years before Marco Polo. (CNS...Read More
Oprah Winfrey stars in a scene from the movie "A Wrinkle in Time." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.(CNS photo/Disney)Read More
Pope Francis greets Nick Lopez, 27, director of campus ministry for the University of Dallas, during a pre-synod gathering of youth delegates at the Pontifical International Maria Mater Ecclesiae College in Rome March 19. The meeting was in preparation for the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment this October at...Read More
Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh hears a young woman's confession during a pro-life youth rally and Mass at the Verizon Center in Washington Jan. 22, 2014 annual March for Life. (CNS photo/Leslie Kossoff)Read More
Johnny Unitas visits with Sister Demetria and other School Sisters of Notre Dame in August 1960 at the Baltimore Colts’ training camp at Western Maryland College in Westminster. Unitas had led the Colts to the previous two National Football League championships. (CR File)Read More
A Vatican tribunal found Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of Agana, Guam, guilty of sexual abuse of minors. Archbishop Apuron is pictured in a 2012 photo at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Read More
Bart Millard and Amy Grant star in a scene from the movie "I Can Only Imagine." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)Read More
Father Gabriel Bakkar, a member of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, listens to a woman's confession during a block party June 13 at St. Crispin Friary in the Bronx borough of New York. The friars were celebrating receiving Vatican recognition as a religious institute of pontifical right. Founded in 1987 in the Archdiocese of...Read More
Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference attendees kneel in prayer follow Communion during the event’s closing Mass at St. Philip Neri Church in Linthicum March 10. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
A drizzly cold evening couldn’t stop the Renzi and Reinecker families, parishioners of St. Mary Church, Annapolis, from participating in the Maryland March for Life in the Maryland state capital March 12. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Roland Warren, CEO of Care Net, a network of faith-based pregnancy centers throughout North America, speaks to Maryland March for Life supporters in front of the Maryland State House March 12. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
