The Archdiocese of New Orleans has edged one step closer to finalizing its long-running -- and costly -- bankruptcy proceedings to resolve hundreds of clerical abuse claims.
A committee of survivors and additional creditors overwhelmingly voted to accept the plan...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has indicated that it will not appeal court orders directing it to pay SNAP benefits, but that it will only issue partial payments in November.
The Trump administration previously said funding for SNAP -- the...
President Donald Trump said Oct. 31 he would place Nigeria on a religious freedom watch list in response to violence in that country perpetuated against predominantly Christian communities -- and subsequently threatened military action if that country's government didn't...
Nigeria's return to the U.S. list of countries of "particular concern" over Christian persecution has drawn mixed reactions from church leaders and triggered a heated debate in Africa's most populous nation.
President Donald Trump announced the designation Oct. 31 to...
The wonders of Rome highlighted the day Nov. 3 for the 115 pilgrims with the Diocese of Wilmington jubilee tour in Italy.
Pilgrims entered St. Peter's Basilica through the Holy Door during this jubilee year. Among the events of the...
VATICAN CITY -- With reports of a massacre in Sudan and election-related violence in Tanzania, Pope Leo XIV pleaded for peace and dialogue.
After reciting the Angelus prayer Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, the pope offered special prayers...
VATICAN CITY -- Christ crucified and risen has tamed and transfigured death with his love, Pope Leo XIV said.
"We are saddened, of course, when a loved one leaves us," the pope said in his homily Nov. 3, during a...
VATICAN CITY -- The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome.
In a document signed Nov. 1 and...
Catholics are stepping up cooperation with other Christian denominations in the face of current worldwide challenges, according to church delegates at a major ecumenical conference in Egypt marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
"Our recent synod declared...
The postseason is well underway for high school sports, with cross country, field hockey and volleyball all into the later rounds. Football still has a week of regular season to go, but for some teams, it feels like the...