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The likeness of St. Peter Claver is seen in stained glass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, Ill. Canonized in 1888, St. Peter Claver is now considered the patron saint of human rights in Colombia. (CNS photo/The Crosiers)

Pope’s visit to Cartagena to highlight inequality in Latin America

Barbara J. Fraser
July 20, 2017
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When Pope Francis visits Colombia in September, he will take his message of mercy and reconciliation to Cartagena, a city that still bears scars of its painful history as a slave port. And he will walk the streets where another Jesuit, St. Peter Claver, put that message into practice four centuries ago.

Health care activists protest the Republican health care bill at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington July 17. The bill collapsed in the Senate later that day after two more GOP senators said they couldn't support it. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)

Health care prescription? Regroup, cooperate, Catholic health leaders say

Carol Zimmermann
July 20, 2017
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After efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed late July 17 in the U.S. Senate, Catholic health care leaders said they hope Congress will work together, in small steps, to fix flaws in the current legislation.

Charlie Gard, who was born in England with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, is pictured in this undated family photo. The baby's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, have lost their legal battle to keep Charlie on life-support and seek treatment for his rare condition in the United States. (CNS photo/family handout, courtesy Featureworld)

Who speaks for Charlie Gard?

Richard Doerflinger
July 20, 2017
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We are morally obliged to accept treatment that offers benefit without entailing greater burdens. Catholic tradition does not teach a “vitalism” insisting that everything possible must always be done to prolong life.

Speeding through life

Rita Buettner
July 19, 2017
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It was a long summer evening, and I had a few errands to run. Both our boys wanted to come along with me, and I always enjoy having company. As we were walking between stores, the boys saw a long open stretch of sidewalk ahead of us, and they took off running. “Wait for me!” […]

Mourners leave Loyola University Maryland's Alumni Memorial Chapel July 19 following a memorial Mass for student Jimi Patrick who died in Pennsylvania earlier this month. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Loyola University grapples with murder of Dean’s List student

Paul McMullen
July 19, 2017
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Jesuit Father Brian F. Linnane, president of Loyola University Maryland, used Scripture and the sentiments of the grandparents who raised the deceased in attempting to make sense of the grisly murder of one of the college’s rising sophomores.

Callista Gingrich is seen at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington July 18. Gingrich was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Her husband is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Gingrich, nominee for U.S. ambassador to Vatican, testifies at hearing

Carolyn Mackenzie
July 19, 2017
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Callista Gingrich testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 18 for her confirmation hearing as President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

A word about a word

Dorothy Tabeling
July 19, 2017
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Last May, I earned a master’s degree in theology from St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute in Roland Park.  It was a new field of study for me, and I admit that I wasn’t really clear on the meaning of “theology” when I embarked on this endeavor. What kind of things would I be studying?  Would all […]

Peter Schmitt and Alexander Probst, representing victims who claimed abuse while members of the boys choir at the cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, are seen Oct. 12, 2016. (CNS photo/Armin Weigel, EPA)

Investigation into Regensburg choir finds more than 500 boys were abused

Carol Glatz
July 19, 2017
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More than 500 boys suffered abuse at the hands of dozens of teachers and priests at the school that trains the prestigious boys choir of the Regensburg Cathedral in Germany, said an independent investigator.

This is a scene from the movie "War for the Planet of the Apes." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Movie Review: ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’

Joseph McAleer
July 18, 2017
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Monkey business turns deadly serious in “War for the Planet of the Apes” (Fox), the climactic installment of the rebooted film franchise.

Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna talks to journalists June 13 outside St. John's Cathedral in Limerick, Ireland. The cardinal was attending a conference, "Let’s Talk Family: Let’s Be Family." (CNS photo/Liam Burke courtesy Press 22)

Cardinal Schonborn: Church doing best to strengthen families of all types

Sarah Mac Donald
July 18, 2017
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The Catholic Church is doing whatever it can to strengthen the family, including families often considered nontraditional, said Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, the theologian who reviewed Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family.

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