VATICAN CITY — For the first time in 300 years, the marble steps of the Holy Stairs will be free from the thick wooden panels installed in 1723 to protect the stairs and left uncovered for the public.
For at...
VATICAN CITY -- As the process to implement a peace accord in South Sudan continues, Pope Francis met March 16 with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and expressed the hope that, finally, he would be able to visit the...
SAN DIEGO -- It's not your typical pro-life organization that puts out a video with a pregnant woman wearing a pink wig and, at one point, even sporting a pair of purple fairy wings as she mocks talking points...
VATICAN CITY -- As he announced he would do after he was convicted of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest, French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon met Pope Francis March 18 to hand in his resignation.
The Vatican...
Have you ever felt alone? Desperately alone?
Yes, we can always take solace in the thought that God is forever with us, but I am talking of the aloneness that shatters these thoughts.
The times when reason abandons us and we...
"This is my chosen Son; listen to him."
So what else is new, right? Are we not told regularly, throughout the liturgical year, to listen to Jesus?
Of course. But there is much more to this year's Gospel reading for the...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called on Christians to unite in prayer for the victims of two mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 people dead and dozens wounded in one of the worst mass shootings in...
Sahil Langote, an eighth-grader at Pierre S. Dupont Middle School, is the champion of the Delaware State Spelling Bee sponsored by St. Mark’s High School.
His winning word was “dubonnet” meaning a very dark, purplish red. The competition included spellers...
BALTIMORE — Approximately 480 men and women work at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid and development agency of U.S. Catholics.
None were more affected than Yishak "Isaac" Affin and Atli Moges by the March 10...