Catholic News Service

Detained Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez appeared in a video Aug. 11, a week into his de facto house arrest by government authorities, saying that he and the companions who are with him have hearts full of forgiveness and love.

Catholic advocates hailed the landmark legislation, once thought dead but now on its way to President Joe Biden's desk after it passed the House on Friday, to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations.

Nuclear-weapon-free zones model a way forward toward a world free of nuclear weapons, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations.

One canon lawyer and consultor of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts said the "obvious symbolism" of visiting L'Aquila would be the perfect opportunity for the pope to finally promulgate legislation needed to fill many gaps regarding a pope who resigns.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who toured hard-hit Breathitt County with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden Aug. 8, said the mission in eastern Kentucky is moving from emergency response to stabilization.

Nigerian officials identified six suspects arrested in connection with the June 5 attack that killed 40 people at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo.

At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong, a judge set a five-day trial for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four other defendants who face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.

A New Mexico archbishop whose archdiocese is home to two major federal nuclear weapons research facilities and an Air Force base apologized for the atomic bombings of Japan and to Indigenous New Mexicans, uranium miners and scientists suffering from ill health related to the nuclear weapons industry.

An Aug. 9 event outside the White House by Catholics to promote peace in the world was interrupted by what the U.S. Secret Service said was an unprovoked assault on one of its officers.

Myanmar's military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations.

The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee praised the Senate for tackling environmental concerns and lowering drug prices by passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

During a Mass for peace, Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe decried the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico since last November.

"It is a time when, as the people of God ... we must put prayers of intercession into practice," said Bishop Emilio Aranguren Echeverria after the fire broke out Aug. 5 after a lightning strike hit a tank at an oil facility.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Aug. 8 that it was set to end, in "a quick, and orderly, manner," a Trump-era policy that keeps asylum-seekers out of the country while they wait for immigration courts to hear their cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to throw out the precedent set in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide, is a landmark victory but not the end of the fight for life, said Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.

Religious orders working in Haiti have called on the international community to directly intervene to address the reign of terror of armed gangs they described as "diabolical, frightening and unacceptable."

Christians must never give in to fear when evangelizing, especially when reaching out to those in need in the digital space, Pope Francis said.

Our Sunday Visitor Inc. has named Gretchen Crowe as editor-in-chief of OSV News, a new Catholic news service launching Jan. 1 to fill the void created by the closure of the domestic operations of the U.S. bishops' Catholic News Service.

For more than 50 years, Marie Dennis has been asking herself how she could respond as a Catholic to the cries for justice of people around the world. On the eve of receiving Pax Christi USA's Teacher of Peace Award, she said she focuses on learning from the people who are struggling to overcome racism, poverty, war or environmental degradation.

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez offered a message of love to the world Aug. 7 even as he continued to be detained by police inside a church building in Matagalpa.