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CHICAGO -- A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, will be put in a public park on Chicago's Near West Side. It will replace a Christopher Columbus statue that was removed during the pandemic. The Chicago...
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, welcomed news that a pro-abortion professor at the University of Notre Dame has withdrawn from an appointment to direct one of the university institutes, following weeks of outcry from students,...
By Josephine Peterson, Catholic News Service ROME -- Eight hundred years after his death, the bones of St. Francis of Assisi have been placed on public display for the first extended public viewing in history, drawing hundreds of thousands of...
Fourth in a seven-part series By Father James Dominic Brent, OP, OSV News The Gospel of Matthew tells us: "(About) three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' which means, 'My God, my God, why have...
Q: In a recent homily, my parish priest suggested that we all "give up prayers of petition for Lent." He said we're not being good friends to God if all we do is ask him for things, and that...
ROME -- The Vatican Museums announced that restoration work has begun on Michelangelo's "The Last Judgement" in the Sistine Chapel, a fresco an art historian describes as "a clarion call to the cardinals of what it means to be...
St. Oscar Romero, a twentieth-century martyr, lived his life bringing God's love to the people of El Salvador, an "instrument" of God among the people of that nation. He stood up to extremists in his country, and tragically was...
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has ended its lawsuit against the Trump administration over the suspension of a long-running refugee resettlement contract, with monies owed to the USCCB now recovered. Court records show that Judge Trevor N. McFadden of...
A pro-abortion University of Notre Dame professor has declined a research appointment at the school, following weeks of outcry from students, staff and several U.S. Catholic  bishops. Susan Ostermann, associate professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs, has "decided...
ST. PAUL, Minn.  -- They were preparing for three days of presence and legislative testimony as they seek gun safety laws. The desks represented more than 200 Minnesota children lost to gun violence since 2021, the group said. Jackie Flavin...