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If you’ve ever traveled with a restless child on an airplane,...

By Katie Prejean McGrady The kid was tired, rubbing his eyes with tiny fists, lips quivering as tears began to well up because he couldn’t...

Two New York auxiliary bishops named; pope accepts auxiliary’s resignation

WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Edmund J. Whalen, vicar for clergy for the Archdiocese of New York, and Msgr. Gerardo J. Colacicco,...

Catholic reporter covered more than 400 executions, sees no deterrent in...

HOUSTON -- Michael Graczyk, a parishioner at a Catholic church in Montgomery County, Texas, has personally witnessed more than 400 executions of Texas inmates...

Little Sisters headed to Supreme Court to protect their religious freedom...

WASHINGTON -- The Little Sisters of the Poor filed a petition with the Supreme Court Oct. 1 asking the court to once again protect...

Business as usual in Washington — slow as molasses, with or...

WASHINGTON -- So an impeachment query in the House, and a potential trial in the Senate, want to get in the way of legislation...

Large majority of Catholics say ethical investment would encourage them to...

WASHINGTON -- Nearly nine in 10 Catholics surveyed said they want their donations to church institutions to be ethically invested and a majority of...

New Cardinals join in prayer, gratitude with family and friends at...

VATICAN -- A long, snail-paced line of well-wishers waited to greet Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, Congo, after the ceremony in which Pope...

One priest’s vocation story: ‘I held on to God because I...

My name is Andrew and I am a priest for the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey. Now I could tell you that I've always...

One sister’s vocation story: ‘Authentic love and grace saved me’

"Maybe what you're looking for in all these other things, maybe you'll find it in Jesus Christ." These words pierced my heart like a sword...

Bishop John O. Barres says ‘ya gotta believe’ the ‘Amazin’ Mets’...

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. -- The New York Mets' improbable World Series championship in 1969 can inspire the Catholic Church to a new era of...

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