El Salvador has ordered a former president to stand trial for the 1989 murders of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter -- a notorious crime from the Central American country's civil war, which has languished in the...
As a youth, Father Omar Guánchez was introduced to the priesthood by Father Richard Walz, a priest of the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota, who served as a missionary in the Diocese of Maracay, Venezuela, from 1991 to 2000....
Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the church in the Holy Land has expressed concern regarding the misuse of its...
WILMINGTON -- Phil Martelli, esteemed former basketball coach at St. Joseph’s University, delivered the keynote address to a group of several hundred people Nov. 22 at the Father James Trainor Scholarship Luncheon at the Chase Center.
Bishop Koenig offered the...
Archmere Academy’s fall semester blood drive booked a robust 38 donors, including several first-time donors, on Thursday, Nov. 21.
A combination of mostly students, with some teachers and parents in the mix, teamed up to save lives. Minus a few...
PHILADELPHIA-- In the wake of recent high-profile cases of financial mismanagement at parishes, experts said transparency, accountability and greater involvement of finance councils in parish business operations can head off losses in money -- and in pastoral trust.
On Nov....
BETHESDA, Md. -- For Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky, one of the best things about winning Olympic medals is sharing them.
Now the most decorated U.S. female Olympian in history, Ledecky paid a visit Oct. 22 to her high school...
A Brooklyn, New York, priest has been removed as pastor after an investigation revealed he had transferred close to $2 million in parish funds to bank accounts affiliated with the embattled New York City mayor's former chief of staff.
In...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, as the sole administrator for the Vatican's pension fund, which is currently unable to guarantee future obligations in...
VATICAN CITY -- Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said.
"There is no need for educational models that are mere 'achievement factories' without a cultural plan that...