WASHINGTON -- Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a "zero tolerance" policy for immigrants crossing illegally into the United States, resulting in children being separated from their families, the number of minors in U.S. custody has grown by nearly...
WILMINGTON – Domenica “Minnie” Proud has grown up with an intense interest in service to others, and her dedication has benefited several organizations over the years. The list includes the Kind to Kids Foundation, Runway for Research, the Norman...
BEAR – One got the sense watching Padua's soccer team in 2018 that they really hadn't gotten over a surprising loss to Middletown in the Division I state championship match last June. The Pandas, long the premier girls team...
BEAR – The DIAA girls' Division I state soccer championship match was not yet two minutes old when Padua found itself in an unfamiliar situation. Caesar Rodney, the second-seeded team in the tournament, took advantage on an early corner...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has reached a consensual plan with a committee representing clergy sexual abuse survivors to resolve its bankruptcy, offering $210 million for restitution to claimants.
The settlement is the...
WASHINGTON -- As the Supreme Court prepares to wrap up its current term by the end of June, Catholic Church leaders are among those paying attention to how the court will rule on a handful of the nearly 30...
VATICAN CITY -- A new Vatican document cautions against the dangers of highly competitive children's sports, political and economic pressures on athletes to win '"at all costs" and the unsportsmanlike or violent behavior of fans.
The document on sports also...
PANAMA CITY — The Church of Christ the Redeemer was built with Panama’s hot and humid weather in mind. There are no walls on the building. Its tall round roof is supported by cement columns spread far apart so...
VATICAN CITY — From the moment of his election, Pope Francis' down-to-earth take on communicating the Gospel has led to countless front-page headlines either praising or criticizing him.
But his disarming and sometimes even blunt style also has meant he...
CINCINNATI — Franciscan friars in their order’s six U.S. provinces voted May 30 to form one new organization to reinvigorate Franciscan life in this country.
Friars in each of the order’s U.S. provinces took the vote at meetings in their...