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Far-flung Wildcats celebrate Donte DiVincenzo, Villanova basketball
By Wyatt Noble
Catholic News Service
ROME -- The Villanova men's basketball team claimed its second national championship in three years April 2 with a 79-62...
Rusty Staub, Catholic baseball star for 23 seasons, dies at 73
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) -- Rusty Staub, 73, the New Orleans-born Catholic baseball star who was a fan favorite in a well-traveled, 23-season...
St. Faustina Kowalska and divine mercy
Known as the apostle of divine mercy, St. Faustina Kowalska brought the message of God's deep and passionate love for all of humanity.
At her...
Living Our Faith: Divine Mercy Sunday
Considered a mystic, St. Faustina Kowalska spread the message of divine mercy in her personal journal called "Divine Mercy in My Soul."
Divine Mercy Sunday...
Still seeking mountaintop 50 years after Rev. King’s assassination
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Father Pat Connor was on his way from a graduate class at the University of Memphis to St. Joseph Hospital to...
Knights give more than $1 million to Iraqi, Syrian Christians
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- As part of its ongoing support of persecuted Christians in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus committed more than...
Father Robert Christian appointed auxiliary bishop of San Francisco
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Dominican Father Robert F. Christian as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Bishop-designate Christian, 69, is...
Salvadoran: Blessed Romero, family friend, used visits to escape horrors
Catholic News Service
SANTA TECLA, El Salvador — Leonor Chacon remembers every emotion she felt March 24, 1980, as if it were yesterday.
It started, she...
Indiana inmates embrace fresh start by joining the Catholic Church
INDIANAPOLIS — There are times when nearly everyone seeks redemption for a mistake or a moment of darkness, times that can help find a...
New members of the church reflect on the past year
On average, over 100,000 people enter the Catholic Church every year in the U.S. For those who were received into the church last Easter,...