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A boy in New Mexico kisses his father through the fence following a 2014 Mass at the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M. A report from two leading faith-based agencies serving immigrants entering the United States from Mexico and Central America called on the federal government to end a policy of separating children from their families and help families comply with immigration law. (CNS/Bob Roller)

Report: Immigrant aid agencies urge end to family separation policies

Catholic News Service
October 19, 2018
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — A report from two leading faith-based agencies serving immigrants entering the United States from Mexico and Central America called on the federal government to end a policy of separating children from their families and help families comply with immigration law.

Jamie Lee Curtis stars in the movie "Halloween." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.(CNS photo/Universal)

Movie Review: ‘Halloween’

John Mulderig
October 18, 2018
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One of modern Hollywood’s most enduring horror franchises turns 40 this year. To mark the occasion, director and co-writer David Gordon Green presents us with “Halloween” (Universal), a direct sequel to the eponymous 1978 original. 

Pope Francis attends a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Without a doubt: Pope shares his thinking on key synod themes

Cindy Wooden
October 18, 2018
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As the Synod of Bishops on “young people, the faith and vocational discernment” was continuing at the Vatican, the pope tackled some of the synod’s key questions when he met Oct. 13 with seminarians from the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

Michael Parham, from left, Dierdre Hoey, Michael Martin and Marybeth Moran meet in a circle behind Our Daily Bread prior to a pre-dawn Back On Our Feet three-mile run in Baltimore Oct 15. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Back On My Feet helps Catholic Charities client make marathon debut in Baltimore Running Festival

Elizabeth Lowe
October 18, 2018
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Michael Martin’s attitude towards running mirrors his attitude towards overcoming his addiction. The 45-year-old recovering heroin addict is among the thousands of runners who will don athletic attire, lace up their sneakers and pound the pavement Oct. 20 for the 18th annual Baltimore Running Festival.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the conference, leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11. In his speech at the synod Archbishop Gomez called for church leaders to model holiness by living the Gospel they preach. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Inspire young people to be ‘everyday saints,’ archbishop says

Catholic News Service
October 17, 2018
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To “capture the imagination” of young people and inspire them, church leaders should offer them the example of modern saints and call young people to be “everyday saints, each in his or her own way,” said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Priests’ Convocation; St. Ignatius of Antioch

Archbishop William E. Lori
October 17, 2018
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Paul calls us to a radical change of heart, the crucifixion of our flesh and its desires coupled with the opening of our hearts to the power of the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit who changes our hearts to resemble the Christ of the Beatitudes, such that our lives and the communities we shape are characterized by “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”

Girls hold U.S. and Kenyan flags as they wait to greet U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec as he visits a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief project for girls' empowerment in early March in Nairobi, Kenya. Two Catholic leaders Oct. 15 applauded congressional reauthorization of PEPFAR, opening the door for final passage of a bill to keep the program in place for another five years. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Catholic leaders welcome PEPFAR reauthorization in Congress

Catholic News Service
October 17, 2018
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two Catholic leaders applauded congressional committees for reauthorizing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, opening the door for final passage of a bill to keep the program in place for another five years.

A woman cleans debris from her destoyed home Oct. 13 in Mexico Beach, Fla., following Hurricane Michael. The Category 4 storm has claimed the lives of at least 19 people. (CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters)

Florida diocese moving from prayer to action in wake of Hurricane Michael

Catholic News Service
October 15, 2018
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In the wake of Hurricane Michael, which ravaged the Florida panhandle, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, whose territory was smack in the path of the Category 4 storm, has moved from prayer to action.

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, who is apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., accepts the gifts during Mass Oct. 6 at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Charleston. Healing of the church can be brought about by all faithfully living their God-given vocations, Archbishop Lori said during his homily. (CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic Spirit)

Archbishop Lori: Catholics living out their God-given vocations will help church heal

Colleen Rowan
October 15, 2018
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Healing of the church can be brought about by all faithfully living their God-given vocations, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore told Catholics in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston during a visit to the statewide diocese in early October.

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