KNOCK, Ireland -- Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a place of prayer, conversion and pilgrimage for millions of people, but the church must be prudent and not rush to any judgment on the alleged Marian apparitions there, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella,...
OCEAN CITY, Md. - Dozens of parishioners, fellow Catholics and friends gathered for the annual blessing of the water on Thursday, Aug. 15.
St. Mary Star of the Sea parishioners went to Mass before carrying a cross and walking to...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Delegates at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious' annual assembly, meeting in Scottsdale, approved a letter to be sent to President Donald Trump asking that he stop using "divisive and polarizing rhetoric."
"We implore you to never...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorneys for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America told the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an Aug. 14 letter that the organization would have to withdraw from the federal Title X program by the...
By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE
Q. A neighbor of ours, age 66, just completed the RCIA program to become a Catholic. She has been told that she cannot receive Communion or be confirmed until she secures an annulment.
She was not married...
By ELISE ITALIANO URENECK
I was 12 years old when my family took our first trip to Italy. We spent a good portion of time visiting my father’s cousins in Abruzzo. On a walk one afternoon through the town of...
BOGOTA, Colombia — Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia’s capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon this fall at the Vatican.
The meeting gave bishops who...
VATICAN CITY — August is a long-awaited month for countless Romans who escape the sweltering heat and seek some good old-fashioned rest and relaxation at the beach or the mountains.
Since the start of his papacy, though, Pope Francis has...
WASHINGTON — In this American age of violence, where 165 shootings happened this year alone, where politicians scream at each other across the aisle about gun laws and Second Amendment rights without even the common ground of mutual respect,...
BY THOMAS S. FERTAL
As our nation once again reels in shock from the most recent mass shootings, we find ourselves pondering the question, “why?” As we pray for victims and their families, we may feel a sense of relief...