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UNITED NATIONS -- In Somalia, 8.3 million people are in urgent need of assistance due to widespread drought that has displaced 1.4 million people,...

JERUSALEM-- When the raging ocean finally spit young Regine Canetti out, lifting her up a huge wave onto the thorny coast of the Turkish...

Their births were separated by almost a century, but Venerable Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897) and Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990) both endured...

BRAINTREE, Mass. -- On the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley reflected on the impact the event had on...

A shelter-in-place order was issued April 13 at The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington following a possible threat of an active shooter,...

The biblical author of Proverbs advises, "Drink water from your own cistern; flowing water from your own well." But in the centuries before Jesus...

At least 52,250 people have been killed over the last 14 years in Nigeria just for being Christian, a new report published April 10...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Amid calls for prayer and praise for first responders, officials confirmed that four people were killed in an April 10 mass...

LAUREL, Md.-- Jerry Filteau, who was a reporter for Catholic News Service for nearly 40 years before his 2007 retirement, died April 4 after...

My parish recently held a "townhall” event so parishioners could get a pulse on our church and have a chance to speak directly with...