SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. (CNS) — When U.S. runner Sydney McLaughlin crossed the finish line to win the gold in the 400-meter hurdles Aug. 3 in Tokyo, she … Read More
Author Archives: Matthew Riebe
Australian Mass becomes longest-running show on nation’s television
SYDNEY (CNS) — A weekly 30-minute Mass broadcast into people’s living rooms has become the longest-running program on Australian television. Celebrating its 50th year in early August, … Read More
‘Today is a day of strength’: Mass commemorates Beirut blast victims
BEIRUT (CNS) — A year after the catastrophic Beirut port blast, the wounds of the people in Lebanon are scarred by the memory of the tragedy, and … Read More
Space Jam: A New Legacy
NEW YORK (CNS) — There’s a strained tone to “Space Jam: A New Legacy” (Warner Bros.), director Malcolm D. Lee’s sequel to the 1996 sports comedy. Whatever … Read More
Retirement of eastern Kentucky priest caps storied seven-decade ministry
LEXINGTON, Ky. (CNS) — One uncontested fact about Father Terance Hoppenjans, according to many people from throughout the Diocese of Lexington, is that people don’t work for … Read More
Congo’s bishops want an end to attacks on Catholic Church, its leaders
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Catholic bishops in Congo called for an end to attacks on the church and its leaders, acts they believe are linked to the … Read More
Sisters unload food, feed hungry in Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID crackdown
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (CNS) — Thirty sisters of the Da Lat Lovers of the Holy Cross hurriedly prepared and cooked rice, fish, meat and vegetables, … Read More
Illinois Catholic starts ’52 Masses’ tour of 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico
ST. MICHAEL, Minn. (CNS) — It’s doubtful anyone matched Daniel Markham’s driving distance for the 6 p.m. Sunday Mass June 13 at St. Michael in St. Michael. … Read More
Pope names new members to Academy of Sciences
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences an epidemiologist credited with handling Taiwan’s response to COVID-19, a global expert in … Read More
While space tourism needs regulations, a Jesuit astronomer is ready to go
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With private companies planning to expand their offerings in orbital and suborbital space tourism and more and more civilians already shooting into space, … Read More
