WASHINGTON -- The Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, asked the U.S. Supreme Court Aug. 9 to overturn a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court the agency argued discounted its religious identity.
The group filed an appeal...
SRANTON, Pa. — Sister Lillian Marie Farrell, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 70 years, died Aug. 8 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 93.
A native of...
SÃO PAULO -- The Aug. 9 passenger plane crash in the city of Vinhedo, Brazil killed all 62 on board, greatly touching different Catholic communities in the country.
Pope Francis prayed for the victims of the crash during his Aug....
PARIS -- Paris wrapped its Olympic Games bursting with pride, closing the Games at Stade de France -- a more traditional setting than the Seine River, where the opening ceremony took place.
Headlines in the French press reflected what most...
Spend more than fifteen minutes online or on any of the cable and network media outlets and you will be absolutely inundated with insulting character defacing comments on any range of topics from political leaders to “real” housewives which...
SAN ANDRÉS SEMETABAJ, Guatemala -- Sister Marta Yach Cosme walked through of one the gardens of motherhouse of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, touching the fronds of the ubiquitous plants and squeezing the herbs with the tips of...
Retired FBI official James Bogner was recently named chair of the National Review Board, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' consultative safe environment body established in 2002 under the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People," also...
PIKE CREEK — For the past five years, Table of Plenty Outreach has been providing emergency assistance to people in the Pike Creek area from its home at Community of Christ Church on Milltown Road. The organization will now...
LONDON -- Prominent Catholics have joined church leaders in condemning a wave of riots across the United Kingdom, while also urging greater understanding of current social grievances.
"The orchestrated violence seen on British and Northern Irish streets is an expression...
VATICAN CITY -- Seven priests detained by police and paramilitaries in Nicaragua in early August have been exiled to Rome and arrived safely, the Vatican confirmed.
The seven priests -- belonging to the dioceses of Matagalpa and Estelí -- were...