TEMUCO, Chile -- Sergio Catalaf's son was just 3 days old when police arrested the Mapuche Indian leader, accusing him of terrorism. He and 10 other Mapuche leaders spent 14 months in preventive detention before being acquitted in October...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bishop William G. Curlin, retired bishop of Charlotte who died Dec. 23, was remembered during his funeral Mass for his joy, generosity of spirit, the attention he gave to people in need and for having a...
EDMONTON, Alberta -- A safe-haven program called Angel Cradle, operated by Covenant Health, may have saved a newborn baby's life.
A healthy baby was dropped off at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton within the past six months under...
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The Society of Jesus has denounced threats made against an outspoken Honduran Jesuit who has highlighted accusations of widespread irregularities in the Central American country's recent presidential election.
The Conference of Provincials in Latin America and...
KINSHASA, Congo -- Church leaders in Congo expressed shock after security forces fired on Catholic protesters, leaving at least eight dead and 120 people detained.
The Dec. 31 protest against rule by President Joseph Kabila was organized by the Kinshasa...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said a bankruptcy judge's decision that the archdiocese should return to mediation with the other involved parties "bolsters our resolve to move forward in the bankruptcy process."
"We look...
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of a gunman's attack on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near Cairo Dec. 29, killing at least nine people, a U.S. bishop urged Catholics to "pray for peace in Egypt and...
VATICAN CITY -- As 2017 was drawing to a close, the horrors of war and people's yearnings for peace were on Pope Francis' mind and in his prayers.
In an unusual move late Dec. 30, the pope had the Vatican...
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Ss. Peter and Paul at Park, 4:15 p.m.
Archmere (4-3) at Wilmington Christian (0-4), 5:15 p.m.
St. Elizabeth (5-1) at William Penn (4-1), 6:30 p.m. The Vikings begin a tough week on the road against the Colonials, who have...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis began the New Year praying the world would demonstrate a marked increase in solidarity and welcome for migrants and refugees.
"Let's not extinguish the hope in their hearts; let's not suffocate their hopes for...