CCS with the help of state and local  government partners has provided an estimated $1,629,940 worth of assistance to families who have come for help.

Recognizing "the gifts of each baptized person" -- women and men -- Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes.

Bishop Weisenburger congratulates Fr. Sean Carroll, S.J., new Provincial for the Jesuit’s West Province.

After his heroic labors and success at the Kino Border Institute, Fr. Sean Carroll, recently retired as KBI director, is rewarded with more work.

The real challenge, they told Catholic News Service, will be trying to overcome the view of millions of Americans who doubt the legitimacy of his election because of unproven allegations of voter fraud and stolen votes espoused for months by outgoing President Donald Trump.

"In that spirit of healing, I evoke the song of Saint Francis. I usually do. St. Francis is the patron saint of my city of San Francisco, and song of St. Francis is our anthem: 'Lord, make me a channel of thy peace. Where there is darkness, may you bring light. Where there is hatred, let us bring love. Where there is despair, let us bring hope.'"

"I think this is a time of conversion for Sweden," Cardinal Arborelius told Catholic News Service Jan 8. "We now have more than 9,000 deaths for quite a small population. If we compare with the other Nordic countries, we must realize that we have not been able to do what we were supposed to do."

Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the cardinal welcomed Pope Francis' announcement Dec. 27 that in March the Catholic Church would begin a special year dedicated to the family and to deeper reflection on "Amoris Laetitia," the pope's 2016 apostolic exhortation on family life.

"This hateful and intentional behavior, meant to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power that is central to our democracy, is deplorable and totally disregards Gospel values and the principles of other faiths and people of good will," said a statement from the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. "This deliberate assault on the soul of our nation shattered trust and common purpose while stoking suspicion, fear and division."

Ha sido inmediata la reacción de la Iglesia en los EE. UU a los acontecimientos de ayer en el Congreso del país. Sostenedores del presidente Trump irrumpieron en el complejo del Capitol Hill, donde senadores y congresistas estaban reunidos para certificar la elección de Joe Biden.

As Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops' conference tweeted: "I didn't realize just how much the integrity of and respect for the democratic institutions of the U.S. matter to the rest of the world until this pandemonium erupted in D.C. From the other side of the world, I find myself shaken and disbelieving."

“I join Archbishop Jose Gomez, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and citizens across our great Nation in denouncing the violence that occurred in Washington, D.C." - Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger

"It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not," Vice-President Michael Pence

“I join people of good will in condemning the violence today at the United States Capitol. This is not who we are as Americans. I am praying for members of Congress and Capitol staff and for the police and all those working to restore order and public safety.

A la hora del rezo del Ángelus en la Solemnidad de la Epifanía del Señor, el Papa Francisco recordó que también nosotros, como los Magos de Oriente que llegaron a Belén para adorar al Hijo de Dios,

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Lutheran World Federation underscore their commitment to walk together on their common journey from conflict to communion

Catholics again are the single largest denomination in Congress, just as they are in the United States. Protestants comprise a majority of both the House and Senate -- 55% of Congress as opposed to 43% of the population -- but are splintered into more than a dozen different denominations.

The service can be viewed on EWTN or livestreams from the basilica or from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

In times of doubt and suffering, Christians must not focus on their problems, but instead lift up their eyes to God, who leads them toward the hopeful promise of great things to come, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany.