Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- Four Catholic nuns kidnapped in southeast Nigeria Aug. 21 were released two days later, their order said. "With hearts full of joy,...

MILWAUKEE -- Retired Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, who was the ninth archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 until his retirement in 2002, died overnight at...

UVALDE, Texas -- Thanks to tuition help from Catholic Extension, children who were wounded in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde can...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Christopher Casey, a college student from Philadelphia, has only come to learn about Blessed Michael McGivney by attending Mass at...

BALTIMORE   - A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has ruled that Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency, must...

THOMASTON, Conn. -- It's miraculous Joseph and Megan Hermosillo were able to walk across the Thomaston Opera House stage together Aug. 13. Along with their...

Nicaraguan police burst into Matagalpa diocesan headquarters and removed an outspoken bishop who had been under house arrest for more than two weeks. Police raided...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- On warm nights, Father Paulinus Mangesho sleeps in a back room, lest stray bullets pierce the rectory walls. Immaculate Heart Church, one...

BOISE, Idaho (CNS) -- The Idaho Supreme Court Aug. 12 upheld a state law that bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest or...

MONTREAL (CNS) -- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, is named in a list of alleged abusers filed in support...