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VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis visits Panama for World Youth Day in January, he will meet with young people not able to attend the festivities: some in jail and with some living with HIV. He also will dedicate the...
VATICAN CITY -- God handed down his commandments not for people to hypocritically follow the letter of the law with a proud and righteous heart, but for people to recognize the truth of their weaknesses and acknowledge their need...
VATICAN CITY — After Islamic terrorists stormed the Algerian monastery he called home, Trappist Father Christian de Cherge felt compelled to put pen to paper and write down his testament. Father de Cherge, prior of the Monastery of Notre Dame...
PHILADELPHIA -- Thanksgiving should be a daily attitude rather than an annual observance, according to an American Indian leader in Pennsylvania. Chief Buffy Red Feather Brown, leader of the Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy of Pennsylvania Earth Band, says that a true...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Catholic bishops in South Sudan and Sudan appealed to the citizens of the two countries — including those in diaspora — to work harder for peace, telling them, “True peace can only be built by citizens...
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. -- Moved by their own good fortune at dodging recent hurricanes, a Miami community expressed their gratitude by sending a convoy of volunteers and donations to Hurricane Michael’s ground zero in the state's panhandle region in...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Laypeople need to help the U.S. bishops get out from under the clerical sex abuse scandal that is plaguing the church, said Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City in a message to Catholics of...
The 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Wilmington continues in early December with the premiere of a play presenting the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. “Everyday Holiness” will hit the stage on Dec. 2...
By ANDREW ZAMPINI January in our Church is known as Poverty Awareness Month. So, how do we become more informed (aware) about poverty and what do we do about it? There are many resources that provide demographic, financial and social data on...
WASHINGTON -- Late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and former NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, both devout Catholics, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in a White House ceremony. President Donald Trump presented the awards to five...