The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said it would proceed with the consecration of new bishops this summer, a move without a papal mandate that could lead to an automatic excommunication.
In a statement published Feb. 2, the society,...
RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia General Assembly has sent a sweeping amendment enshrining a "fundamental right" to abortion in the Constitution of Virginia to a statewide referendum on the November ballot.
If the voters approve the amendment, it will establish...
A federal judge cited two Gospel verses in his order releasing 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who had been detained by immigration agents in a Minneapolis suburb and sent to a Texas family detention center.
The sharply worded...
CLAYMONT – It was a bit chilly inside Moglia Fieldhouse, but the Archmere girls basketball team kept the defensive heat on visiting Sun Valley (Pa.) all afternoon in a 60-38 win on Jan. 31. It was the team's fifth...
WILMINGTON – Saint Mark's girls basketball team bounced back from a disastrous start to take a lead against Newark Charter early in the fourth quarter, but the Spartans fell victim to turnovers and some good Patriots shooting in a...
ROME -- Thanks to a 17th-century Italian priest, skis made their way from their origin in Scandinavia to Central Europe.
Father Francesco Negri, born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1623, was a natural history and geography buff and longed to discover...
A change is coming in 2026 for the pope's top man in America. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, turns 80 Jan. 30, and he is widely expected to have his retirement accepted by Pope Leo...
In a message to the Archdiocese of Milan, Pope Leo XIV expressed his hope that the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will be an occasion of solidarity and bridge-building between peoples and cultures.
The papal message was read during...
Amid recent deadly immigration enforcement operations, Catholics in Minneapolis are wrestling with sorrow, anger, fear and faith as they navigate tensions between federal and local authorities, while continuing to serve their communities.
"The challenge ... is that sense of sadness...
As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer traveled to China amid renewed calls to press Beijing on human rights, Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Catholic media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, marked the moment in prayer at a snowy Washington Mass.
The Jan....