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‘We need a habitat on the moon,’ says former NASA flight...
HOUSTON -- Upcoming space travel plans need to include living on the moon, similar to scientific habitats in the Arctic and Antarctica, said Gene...
Appellate court says Title X rule can take effect while suits...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced July 15 it would begin implementing the Trump administration’s “Protect Life Rule” to...
Former Villanova basketball star traded in hoops for life as a...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The last time Poor Clare Sister Rose Marie of the Queen of Angels hugged her mom or other family members was...
Pope Francis, bishop of Rome: Presiding over the church in charity
On March 13, 2013, Pope Francis stepped onto a balcony in St. Peter's Square to greet the people of God. In his first public...
“U.S. citizen by chance,” Sister Norma Pimentel shares stories from the...
ST. LOUIS -- If Sister Norma Pimentel has said it once, she has said it dozens of times: She is "a U.S. citizen by...
Auto executive Lee Iacocca recalled for love of family during funeral...
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Though he achieved fame as an automobile executive and leader of a private initiative to renovate the Statue of Liberty,...
Appeals court urged to uphold ACA; health care a basic human...
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit considers the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the Catholic Health Association...
Connecticut bishops urge ‘complete overhaul’ of U.S. immigration policy
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s Catholic bishops, in a joint message to the state’s Catholics, called for a “complete overhaul” of U.S. immigration policy.
The July...
Vatican discovers empty tombs as it searches for woman missing since...
VATICAN CITY -- Opening the Vatican tombs of a princess and a duchess July 11 in a search for the remains of a young...
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville to begin three months of treatment...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville said he has been diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer and will undergo an extended...