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Georgetown, Notre Dame universities among group sued over financial aid practices
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana and Georgetown University in Washington are among a group of some 16 private educational institutions named in...
U.S. Bishops invite Catholics to take part in ‘9 Days for...
WASHINGTON -- The 10th annual "9 Days for Life" novena, sponsored by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, takes place this year from...
The Beatitudes: In a time filled with loss, find the blessings...
Five million people across the world are dead from a pandemic. Millions more have suffered economic devastation. Social systems that seemed stable now feel...
New Jersey ‘extinguishes the human and moral identity of the unborn...
TRENTON, N.J. -- In a joint statement Jan. 11, New Jersey's Catholic bishops unequivocally condemned the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act, an expansive abortion...
Astronaut orbiting Earth talks with Catholic school students
SEATTLE — Crisscrossing above the Seattle region at approximately 17,000 mph aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei took live questions...
Infant abandonment — one of the worst crimes — is being...
In 20 years of community organizing, resulting in more than 300 cases of newborns saved from infant abandonment, Floridian Nick Silverio has never actually...
The Beatitudes: What does a person ‘poor in spirit’ look like?
If one is a Christian, it is easy to read the Eight Beatitudes at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount as one...
Diocese of Owensboro parishioners offer outbuilding as substitute church until Kentucky...
OWENSBORO, Ky. -- Celebrating Mass in a 20-by-25-foot metal outbuilding on Dec. 24, 2021, for the displaced community of Resurrection Parish in Dawson Springs,...
Jan. 6 insurrection is still a crisis for American democracy —...
This editorial titled: “The January 6 insurrection is still a crisis for American democracy” published online Dec. 16, 2021, by America magazine, a national...
Vatican newspaper recalls Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol as ‘blow...
VATICAN CITY -- The attack on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, "represented a direct blow to the heart of American democracy," the Vatican...