A bill in Florida that supporters say would crack down on illegal immigration in the Sunshine State has prompted concerns from some faith leaders that it could criminalize some ministries that serve the state's migrant population. The legislation comes...
DENTON — During February, about 35,000 villagers in northern Tanzania were able to pump fresh, clean water for the first time in their rural communities.
It’s a far cry from the daily two- to five-mile trek to mud holes where...
VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis has chosen "His mercy is from age to age," a passage from the Gospel of Luke, as the theme for the 2023 celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
On the world day,...
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, with an all-clear declared an hour later.
At 10 a.m., the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department received...
By Gerry Jackson
Catholic Review (Baltimore)
After a somewhat disheartening 2023 legislative session, the Maryland Catholic Conference is turning its attention to reviewing the possible impact of bills approved by the Maryland General Assembly and signed or soon-to-be signed into law...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican's chief prosecutor said Pope Francis has given him free rein to investigate the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican resident.
The case has fueled conspiracy theories for close to 40 years and inspired...
The biblical author of Proverbs advises, "Drink water from your own cistern; flowing water from your own well." But in the centuries before Jesus Christ's birth when these verses were written, water pollution from chemicals and artificial contaminants was...
VATICAN CITY-- In their discussions about the life of the church and "synodality," or walking together, Catholics in United States and Canada noted the negative impact "polarization" is having on the church, said Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville,...
PHILADELPHIA -- When his critically ill son Adrian, 7, went into cardiac arrest in October 2022, Arek Szura made a promise to God: "If you let him walk out of this hospital, I will walk from our house on...
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 revealed.
The report, titled "Martyred Christians in Nigeria" and published by the International Society for Civil...