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Twenty-one couples celebrate their convalidation ceremony at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., June 24. The Catholic Church must strengthen its programs "to respond to the desire for family that emerges in the soul of the young generations" and to help couples once they are married, Pope Francis said Nov. 11 in Rome. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Where to get married?

Father Kenneth Doyle
March 1, 2018
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Father Doyle fields a question about where a wedding can take place in a marriage between a Catholic and a Christian of another denomination.

Natalie Portman stars in a scene from the movie "Annihilation." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo/Paramount)

Movie Review: ‘Annihilation’

John Mulderig
March 1, 2018
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Writer-director Alex Garland’s “Annihilation,” a blend of sci-fi and horror, starts off promisingly, its understated tone and matter-of-fact dialogue ratcheting up audience dread.

Archbishop Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, arrives for a news conference to present the document "Placuit Deo" at the Vatican March 1. The document, approved by Pope Francis, focuses on two errors the pope sees in a growing number of Christians. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Salvation is gift of God, brings people into community, document says

Cindy Wooden
March 1, 2018
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Salvation in Christ is a gift of God that cannot be earned by human efforts alone, and it is not simply some kind of interior transformation, but touches the way Christians live in the world and relate to others, said a new document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

People celebrate the beatification of Mother Rosa Flesch at the cathedral in Trier, Germany, in this 2008 file photo. One of Germany's oldest Catholic dioceses has become the latest to unveil a major reorganization, in the face of rising costs and declining church membership. (CNS photo/Harald Tittel, EPA)

In reorganization, Germany’s Trier Diocese to go from 172 parishes to 35

Jonathan Luxmoore
February 28, 2018
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On Feb. 16, Trier Bishop Stephan Ackermann announced the diocese would reduce its 172 parishes to 35. Under the reorganization, to take effect in 2020, each new parish will he headed by a priest and two full-time laypeople, with one or two management volunteers.

Sisters of Mercy and others pray inside the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington Feb. 27 during a "Catholic Day of Action for Dreamers" protest to press Congress to protect "Dreamers." (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Dozens of Catholics arrested as they call on Congress to help ‘Dreamers’

Rhina Guidos
February 27, 2018
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Many of the arrested included Sisters of Mercy, who recalled the arrival of their religious order to the U.S. and their contributions to the country, and asked that the young adults they called “Dreamers” be allowed to do the same.

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