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Missouri bishop calls for greater lay role in church, including abuse...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Laypeople need to help the U.S. bishops get out from under the clerical sex abuse scandal that is plaguing the...
Roger Staubach, the late Antonin Scalia, among Medal of Freedom recipients
WASHINGTON -- Late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and former NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, both devout Catholics, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's...
Pope Francis offers prayers as California wildfires death toll rises
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Cal Fire officials reported that the death toll had reached 77 in the Camp Fire north of Sacramento, one of the...
A familiar comfort from Our Lady of Guadalupe
Growing up in East Los Angeles, graffiti was always a big issue. Gang members would define their territories by scrawling their names or that...
Our Lady of Guadalupe: ‘Queen of people’s hearts’
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Queen of Mexico, Empress of the Americas." This grand title, found on traditional banners celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe, highlights...
Trump’s new rule on asylum at border called contrary to existing...
WASHINGTON — By barring people who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border from receiving U.S. asylum unless they request it at an official U.S. port...
USCCB leader: ‘Loyalty and devotion’ of the conference ‘in these difficult...
BALTIMORE -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he was leaving the bishops' fall general assembly Nov. 14 more hopeful...
On 1938 pogrom anniversary, German cardinal condemns anti-Jewish violence
WURZBURG, Germany — Cardinal Reinhard Marx protested against the increase in violence against Jews in Germany during a remembrance ceremony marking the 80th Anniversary...
Bishop Brucato dies; as priest he spent 22 years as military...
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Retired Auxiliary Bishop Robert A. Brucato of New York, a former vicar general and chancellor of the archdiocese, died Nov....
Serving country, aiding soldiers second nature for Medal of Honor winner
ARLINGTON, Va. — When describing life-altering decisions and brave moments of selflessness, former Army Staff Sgt. and Medal of Honor recipient Ronald Shurer speaks...