VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said he stands with the U.S. bishops who recently condemned the Trump administration's policy on immigration that has led to children being held in government shelters while their parents are sent to federal prisons.
"I...
WASHINGTON -- Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, said he will no longer exercise any public ministry "in obedience" to the Vatican after an allegation he abused a teenager almost 50 years ago has been found credible.
"While...
WASHINGTON — A study by the Pew Research Center found that young adults worldwide are generally less religious than older adults by a variety of measures.
The study, which drew upon previous surveys by Pew, concluded that this was true...
CUCUTA, Colombia — The director of Caritas Colombia has called for dialogue between the country’s new president-elect and former leftist guerrillas to prevent the return of guerrilla warfare.
The June 17 election of Ivan Duque, 41, has put the peace...
VATICAN CITY — Young Catholics are looking for a church that listens to their concerns, accompanies them in discerning their vocations and helps them confront the challenges they face, said a working document for the upcoming Synod of Bishops...
Joanna Wicks may have taken center stage by being named Miss Delaware last weekend, but St. Thomas More Academy shared the spotlight.
Wicks and first runner-up Rebecca Gasperetti both started teaching at St. Thomas More this past school year. They...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops “cannot, in good faith, endorse” an immigration bill submitted by the House’s Republican leadership, said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Migration.
Bishop Vasquez said the bill would...
PHILADELPHIA – About the only things hotter than the temperature on the morning of June 18 were the bats of the Delaware North baseball team. The all-star team bashed 22 hits and scored in every at bat in a...
WILMINGTON — It was a very busy time for Father Matthew Mary of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross when he visited his hometown the first week of June.
On June 2, at the Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham,...
TRENTON, N.J. -- No motive "can justify these ongoing, seemingly relentless acts of gun violence plaguing our cities," Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton said after a mass shooting took place in the early morning hours of June 17...