Catholic News Service

EWTN, once ‘the work of the devil,’ now gets blessing from pope

By Thomas Reese — May 16, 2023
(RNS)— Critics of EWTN, even the pope, need to be nuanced.

RIP Catholic News Service — gone too soon and when we needed you most

By Thomas Reese — May 25, 2022
(RNS) — The US Catholic bishops are killing off Catholic News Service, which is the AP of Catholic news, providing copy to Catholic publications and websites across the country.

In Central America, Kamala Harris ignored our best hope: Catholic bishops

By Thomas Reese — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a huge mistake by not meeting with Catholic bishops during her visit to Central America. The bishops could be the administration’s strongest ally in fighting the corruption, crime and poverty that cause people to flee to the United States.

Pope Francis tells Catholic journalists he has hope for ‘courageous’ US church

By Claire Giangravé — February 2, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The news media is plagued by four sins, the pope told reporters: disinformation, calumny, defamation and ‘coprophilia,’ by which he apparently meant love of scandal.

The papal election timeline: Coffee, cocktails, then conclave

By David Gibson — March 7, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Because the closed-door conclave doesn't allow cardinals to do much talking to each other, they're taking their time getting started to allow the electors to size up the candidates.
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