Catholic Charities USA is accepting donations online to help its agencies along the U.S. border with Mexico meet basic needs and ensure that migrant children "are being treated with care and kindness" as the humanitarian crisis there grows, the...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, for now, blocked the Trump administration's added citizenship question to the 2020 census, sending the case back to a lower court.
A 5-4 ruling handed down June 27, which was written by Chief Justice John...
Sunday Scripture readings, June 30, 2019
1 Kgs 19:16, 19-21
Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-11
2) Gal 5:1, 13-18
Gospel: Lk 9:51-62
Reflecting on freedom
As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, the word "freedom" comes into focus while we gather together to celebrate with...
VATICAN CITY -- U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, saying it has become "more and more identified with the political program" of Steve Bannon.
In a letter posted on his Twitter feed, Cardinal Burke...
St. Mary Magdalen scored three runs in the top of the seventh to break a 7-7 tie, then shut down Christ the Teacher in the bottom of the seventh to take a 10-7 win and the Catholic Youth Ministry...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico.
"This image cries to heaven for justice. This...
Thomas S. Fertal, most recently the president at Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield, Pa., has been named principal at Saint Mark’s High School, effective July 1. He replaces Richard Bayhan, who retired after four years at Saint Mark’s.
Before...
VATICAN CITY -- To be part of a Christian community is to belong to a group of believers who shun selfishness and give witness to God's love by loving and caring for one another, Pope Francis said.
While modern society...
VATICAN CITY — Millions of Catholics live their faith through their association with lay movements and Catholic groups, but some also have lost their faith when they were sexually abused in those groups and felt they had nowhere to...
SAN DIEGO — When it comes to evangelization, Jesus wants you to step up to the plate and take your best swing, even if that means striking out from time to time.
For those who find that intimidating, “Catholic Night”...