WASHINGTON -- As the Senate continued its consideration of a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda, Catholic women religious held a demonstration on Capitol grounds June 24 urging lawmakers not to cut programs such as Medicaid or SNAP...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus church, calling it "a cowardly terrorist attack" as he appealed to the international community not to give up on Syria.
He also called for dialogue, diplomacy and...
Isabel Gonzalez was all set to attend the Aug. 3 canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati in Rome. She booked her trip with a pilgrimage tour company and received permission from her job to take unpaid leave.
Gonzalez, who lives...
WASHINGTON -- Israel and Iran both violated a ceasefire agreement, President Donald Trump said June 24, a significant setback to his attempt at ending the conflict.
Trump told reporters at the White House, Iran violated the deal but "Israel violated...
WASHINGTON -- Israel and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement after 12 days of warfare, President Donald Trump announced on social media June 23 -- a day after Pope Leo XIV warned world leaders they were headed for an "irreparable...
Amid the Trump administration's crackdowns on unauthorized immigration -- which have included daily arrest quotas -- a clergy visit to immigration court in San Diego was a way to show "God is with us," and "he never abandons us,"...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, in a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue in ending multiple conflicts throughout the world, including...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Despite living with a disability, those with special needs often bear a broad smile.
But when others who don't understand what makes them special in the eyes of God are unkind, that smile can flee their faces...
ROME -- In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both their material and spiritual gifts, Pope Leo XIV said.
A procession with the Eucharist is...
Sister Mary Elizabeth Cassidy, a Benedictine sister formerly known as Sister Regina Marie, died June 5. She was 98 and had been a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, Md., since 1954.
Sister Mary Elizabeth was born in Wilmington...