WASHINGTON — Seven defendants charged with a series of offenses for illegally entering a naval submarine base in Georgia to call for nuclear disarmament told a federal judge that their actions were motivated by their Catholic faith and not...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Catholic family from the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, has been chosen as the Knights of Columbus 2019 Family of the Year.
Joseph and Nicole Krebs and their eight children are members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help...
“Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom” by Robert Louis Wilken. Yale University Press (New Haven, Conn., 2019). 248 pp., $26.
“Sacred Liberty: America’s Long, Bloody and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom” by Steven Waldman,...
CORDOVA, Md. — The tradition continues.
For the 151st year, the ring jousting tournament and horse show was held at St. Joseph’s Church in Cordova on Aug. 7. The tradition nearly ended because parishioners were growing older, but a new...
VATICAN CITY -- The upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon is an "urgent" gathering, not of scientists and politicians, but for the church whose main focus in discussions will be evangelization, Pope Francis said in a new interview.
However,...
VATICAN CITY — With the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the bishops of Japan are renewing calls and prayers to build peace by abolishing nuclear weapons worldwide and promoting integral human development.
They...
WASHINGTON — In 2014 a science project sparked the compassion of a 10-year-old girl from Colorado. So, she set out on a walk that would change the lives of an entire town of people in Kenya.
From that auspicious day...
Sunday Scripture readings, Aug. 11, 2019
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Wis 18:6-9
Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-22
2) Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12
Gospel: Lk 12:32-48
Scripture holds up Abraham as our "father in faith." That's no small title! And we might wonder...
When I was growing up in a small Midwestern farm community, I was vaguely aware of rich folks. There were prosperous lawyers, business owners, Dad's cousin who owned the grain mill.
Our family struggled on a small dryland farm, made...
EL PASO, Texas — Greg Zanis, a carpenter by trade from Aurora, Illinois, has traveled around the country for more than 20 years to place white wooden crosses in memory of shooting victims, and after the mass shootings Aug....