Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON  -- The U.S. bishops have been holding their November plenary session in Baltimore for many years, but this year there will be some...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Imagine how long it would take to place 800 small Right to Life flags on a church lawn. Although it is quite...

VATICAN CITY  -- The mission of a seminary "is not to form 'supermen' who pretend to know and control everything," but to help seminarians...

WHEELING, W.Va. -- Putting the safety of children, adolescents and vulnerable adults first, Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston has increased the frequency of...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- A proposed merger between the Diocese of Steubenville and the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, will undergo further discussions on the diocesan...

In 1914, in the early months of World War I, Belgium suffered immense turmoil and devastation due to a massive German invasion. Tens of thousands...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, said her grandmother "loved the Staten Island Ferry, so what an honor to have...

AWALI, Bahrain -- Everyone needs help to mature and to grow as a person of faith, Pope Francis told young people in Bahrain, so...

WASHINGTON -- The fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will find the bishops voting on a new president and vice...

It was 20 years ago, on May 27, 2002, that I was given the profound privilege of receiving the sacrament of holy orders and...