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Bishop Michael Burbidge encourages youth for ‘your courage and zeal’ pro-life...

FAIRFAX, Va. -- At her New York high school, Elizabeth Hotalen feels alone in her pro-life beliefs. But every January, she travels southward to...

President Donald Trump tells crowd at March for Life they are...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump credited attendees at the 47th annual March for Life for their commitment to protect the life of unborn and...

Legendary basketball coach Morgan Wootten of DeMatha Catholic High School dies...

WASHINGTON -- Morgan Wootten, the legendary basketball coach at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, died Jan. 21. He was 88. Wootten led his...

President Donald Trump set to be first sitting president to speak...

WASHINGTON -- Pro-life supporters are "deeply honored to welcome" President Donald Trump to the 47th annual March for Life Jan. 24 rally in person,...

Bishop Nelson Perez of Cleveland named by Pope Francis to succeed...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia and has appointed Bishop Nelson J. Perez of Cleveland...

U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman asks Catholics to serve mothers in need

WASHINGTON — In marking the “sorrowful anniversary” Jan. 22 of the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing abortion nationwide, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life...

Gifts of the Spirit: Understanding helps us see through God’s eyes

The gift of understanding, described in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, differs from wisdom (No. 1831). While wisdom desires to contemplate the things...

‘The end of a monastery’s life’: Poor Clares’ contemplative monastery in...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- As Christmas approached and 2019 came to a close, the Monastery of St. Clare in Tennessee quietly closed. An 88-year-old priest, Father...

Pope Francis: Gratitude to God should lead to hospitality, connection to...

VATICAN CITY -- Every Christian should be grateful for the gift of his or her baptism, and that gratitude should draw them together to...

USCCB’s ‘9 Days for Life’ prayer, action campaign slated for Jan....

WASHINGTON -- Catholics across the country are invited to take part in the 9 Days for Life is a novena for the protection of...

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