NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Christopher Casey, a college student from Philadelphia, has only come to learn about Blessed Michael McGivney by attending Mass at St. Mary's Church in New Haven, where the parish priest founded the Knights of Columbus...
BALTIMORE - A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has ruled that Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency, must offer health care coverage to the spouses of gay employees as long as the employees'...
THOMASTON, Conn. -- It's miraculous Joseph and Megan Hermosillo were able to walk across the Thomaston Opera House stage together Aug. 13.
Along with their six children, ages 2-12, the couple from Frederick, Maryland, was invited to provide testimony for...
Nicaraguan police burst into Matagalpa diocesan headquarters and removed an outspoken bishop who had been under house arrest for more than two weeks.
Police raided the curia in the predawn hours of Aug. 19 and took Bishop Rolando Álvarez, according...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the purpose of Pope Francis' visit to Kazakhstan will be to attend the Congress of World and Traditional Religions, the interreligious meeting also will serve as the backdrop for his long-awaited meeting with Russian...
Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 21, 2022: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time:
1) Is 66:18-21 Psalm 117:1, 2 2) Heb 12:5-7, 11-13
Gospel: Lk 13:22-30
God brings all people together into one human family
Jesse Owens knew what it meant to be first. The...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- On warm nights, Father Paulinus Mangesho sleeps in a back room, lest stray bullets pierce the rectory walls.
Immaculate Heart Church, one of the most historic houses of worship in Portland, stands tall and graceful on what...
BOISE, Idaho (CNS) -- The Idaho Supreme Court Aug. 12 upheld a state law that bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. The law will take effect Aug. 25.
A Planned...
MONTREAL (CNS) -- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, is named in a list of alleged abusers filed in support of a class-action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Quebec.
The cardinal, a close adviser to Pope...
One of my daughters recently reunited with college roommates on the opposite coast. It was her first airplane flight since COVID-19, and the first time she would be away, overnight, from her almost 2-year-old daughter. She was nervous.
The 2-year-old?...