Catholic News Service

HOUSTON — At 17, Matthew Blake was living the dream of most young baseball players. A stroke of luck got him in Minute Maid Park...

When my friend Tom lost his wife to cancer, he grieved more than anyone I had known. Along with a few close friends, I...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis appointed Frances H. Arnold, a Nobel-winning chemical engineer from the United States, to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Arnold, 63,...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The church needs the voices of women wherever important decisions are made -- and it needs their voices now more...

HONG KONG -- A controversial extradition bill that sparked months of protest has been formally withdrawn by Hong Kong's government, reported ucanews.org. The bill, which...

WASHINGTON -- An update to the Program on Priestly Formation, a progress report on the establishment of a nationwide, third-party reporting system for abuse...

Trever Miller was born to be a pitcher. The Kentucky native loved the challenge baseball presented. The struggle between two men. One with a ball....

By Carole Norris Greene The major networks did not lead off with the death of Maryland Congressman Elijah Eugene Cummings the evening of Oct. 17,...

VATICAN CITY -- Every Christian is called to be a missionary, sharing the good news of salvation in Christ and making disciples for him,...

The 150th anniversary of the opening of the First Vatican Council will fall on Dec. 8, 2019. Most people know little about Vatican I...