Following his Dec. 15 conviction under Hong Kong's draconian national security law, media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai faces the possibility of life in prison.
For his daughter Claire, the trial of her father revealed Lai is first and...
WASHINGTON -- Approximately 50 Planned Parenthood clinics closed in 2025 as the group lost its ability to bill Medicaid, according to a report by the nation's largest abortion provider.
On Dec. 12, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...
In a sign of closeness as Christmas approaches, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, accompanied by the Latin Patriarchal Vicar Bishop William Shomali and a small delegation, arrived in Gaza Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to the...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- There aren't any hearts two sizes too small in the third grade at St. Joseph School: only hearts three sizes larger.
How can you tell? Just look at the Grinch-themed Christmas tree the students in Jenifer Ingram's...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The violence that erupted at the Brown University's campus Dec. 13 was more than a national headline; it was a deeply personal tragedy that struck at the heart of the Providence community.
The Saturday shooting at the...
The newly named leader of the Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, introduced himself to the faithful of his new home Dec. 18 with a pledge to become familiar with its challenges and uphold human dignity.
He also...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
As we celebrate Christmas this year, with hearts filled with wonder at the mystery of the Lord’s nativity, we also mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in which the Church, guided...
Queridos Hermanos y Hermanas en Cristo:
Mientras celebramos la Navidad este año, con corazones llenos de admiración ante el misterio de la natividad del Señor, también conmemoramos el 1700º aniversario del Concilio de Nicea, en el que la Iglesia, guiada...
VATICAN CITY -- In one of the most anticipated U.S. episcopal appointments of his pontificate so far, Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and named as his successor Bishop Ronald...
"Someone lost a boot!" As the story begins, my dad starts laughing. Every year he loves to retell the tale of the December we got a 16-foot tree to stuff in our house. One of us wound up crying...