WASHINGTON -- Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and is expected to force hundreds of thousands to lose food stamps.
The advocates said...
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Sister Barbara Donahue, 90, was only 10 minutes into an interview about the vaudeville group made up of her and her siblings when she broke out in "The Donahue Song."
The ditty was written by her mom...
My father-in-law, Joseph, was a wonderful guy. An immigrant who passionately loved America, he was hardworking, honest and thrifty. He had a laborer's hands but a poet's mind. Joseph had seen enough of life, however, to make him a...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told Jesuits in Thailand he was "scandalized" by some of the anti-migrant rhetoric he hears in Europe, and he is convinced people are being manipulated into thinking the only way they can preserve their...
Father Leonard Roy Klein, rector of the Cathedral of Saint Peter, and pastor of Saint Patrick and Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception parishes in Wilmington died in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the presence of...
SALT LAKE CITY -- As an attorney with Becket, a religious liberty law firm, Luke Goodrich is proud to be able to make a difference while earning a livelihood. He sees his work as a calling from God.
It entails...
NEWARK — Saint Mark’s girls basketball team went on a 10-point run covering a seven-minute span in the first and second quarters to take control of its Dec. 5 game at Newark, and the Spartans went on to a...
NEW CASTLE — Salesianum worked its way back from an 18-point second-half deficit on Dec. 5 at William Penn, but the Colonials, ranked third by 302Sports.com, got a late free throw from Brycen Boone, then a last-second block to...
PEORIA, Ill. — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Dec. 3 Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed.
A news release from the Diocese of Peoria said it was...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican unveiled the Nativity scene and lit the Christmas tree with energy-saving lights in St. Peter’s Square during a late afternoon ceremony Dec. 5.
The 85-foot-tall spruce tree came from the forests of the Veneto region...