VATICAN CITY -- Defending the weak or hopeless and becoming a servant to those most in need is the best promotion one can ever receive, Pope Francis told new and old cardinals.
"None of us must feel 'superior' to anyone....
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Parish Twinning Program of the Americas, which is dedicated to establishing long-term twinning relationships between Catholic parishes in the U.S. and parishes in Haiti and Latin America, will host its 2018 national conference and 40th...
OTTAWA, Ontario — Marijuana use across Canada may soon be legal in the eyes of the law, but it will remain a sin in the eyes of the church, said Canada's bishops.
With the exception of cannabis use for medicinal...
VATICAN CITY — Defending the weak or hopeless and becoming a servant to those most in need is the best promotion one can ever receive, Pope Francis told new and old cardinals.
"None of us must feel 'superior' to anyone....
WASHINGTON — Republicans failed June 27 to advance a bill on immigration before Congress takes a summer break, unable to get enough votes from their own party to back it, even as public outcry grows over family separation at...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle B
1) Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24
Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13
2) 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15
Gospel: Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43
When Jesus encounters the sick, their lives are changed forever. As Jesus heals their physical disease, he gives...
VATICAN CITY -- God always loves and generously gives first before asking for fidelity to his commandments -- which are the words of a loving father showing people the right way to live, Pope Francis said.
"Christian life is above...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, long seen as a critical swing vote on the nation's highest bench, announced today that he is resigning his seat effective the end of July, according to a news release issued by the...
WASHINGTON -- By a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court declared June 27 that one of its rulings from 1977 was "wrongly decided" and overruled it, in a case on whether public-sector unions could continue to make nonmembers pay fair-share...
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- King Abdullah II of Jordan has been chosen as the 2018 Templeton Prize Laureate.
He has "done more to seek religious harmony within Islam and between Islam and other religions than any other living political leader,"...