ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM GENEVA (CNS) -- The question of allowing Protestants married to Catholics to receive Communion at Mass in special cases has to be decided by each individual bishop and cannot be decided by a bishops'...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Bipartisan disagreement on how to fix the country's immigration system led to failure once again as lawmakers on Capitol Hill turned down one immigration bill June 21 and postponed a vote on a second proposal, which...
St. Ann’s takes the ministry of ushering a step further than most parishes. It has a parking lot usher, Joe Burke.
Every weekend finds Burke at the Bethany Beach church, assisting attendees onto the parish’s 250-vehicle parking lot before Mass...
GENEVA -- At the end of a day dedicated to celebrating 70 years of an ecumenical fellowship forged by the World Council of Churches, Pope Francis turned to the region's Catholics, reminding them of what lies at the heart...
WASHINGTON -- One of Julek Plowy's first memories as a young World War II Polish refugee in Mexico is eating raw onions like an apple while sitting on a swing.
"My mother was told by the doctors it was to...
INDIANAPOLIS -- After standing in sweltering heat for 40 minutes, dozens of supporters cheered as Erika Fierro emerged from the building May 31.
That she exited through the front doors was a good sign. It meant that she was not...
Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Cycle B
1) Is 49:1-6
Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15
2) Acts 13:22-26
Gospel: Lk 1:57-66, 80
Happy birthday, John!
Among the saints, John the Baptist is one of the great ones. On the Catholic calendar, only three people...
GENEVA -- Not only God, but today's broken, divided world is begging for unity among Christians, Pope Francis said on an ecumenical pilgrimage to Geneva.
"Our differences must not be excuses," he said, because as Christ's disciples, Christians can still...
WASHINGTON -- The Vatican has told Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the retired archbishop of Washington, that he can no longer exercise any public ministry after an allegation that he abused a teenager 47 years ago was found credible.
While maintaining...
Summer usually brings with it a certain slowdown. This is no different for school and parish life. School is out, religious education classes and Bible studies and the like go on hiatus. One of the perennial problems faced by...