LOS ANGELES -- There's no getting around the word: Fear.
In largely Latino communities across Southern California shaken by weeks of immigration enforcement raids on city sidewalks and local businesses, the fear has forced unauthorized immigrants inside, shut out from...
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Aug. 11 he will place the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department "under direct federal control," activate the National Guard, and "get rid of the slums" in what he called an effort to...
Ukrainian child advocate Mykola Kuleba is pleading for the Vatican's assistance, after publicly highlighting what he said was one of several databases used by Russian occupation officials to market abducted Ukrainian children to Russian foster and adoption families.
Those databases...
VATICAN CITY -- Stories about "the first 100 days" are standard fare at the beginning of a U.S. president's four-year term; the articles usually focus on how much the new president was able to accomplish and how quickly.
But a...
The Felician Sisters will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving in the former Lodi Province in New Jersey Sept. 21 to commemorate their sesquicentennial anniversary of ministry in America.
The jubilee began last year with a celebration in each of the...
LEWES -- It runs on equal parts hope and hard work.
Tharros Village opened on July 7 to house up to 28 homeless residents. Located on Route 1, south of Lewes, the camp is meant to be a bridge during...
WILMINGTON — A group of Ursuline Academy students traveled to Taiwan in June, spending 12 days in the country as the first delegation from the school to Asia.
The group landed in Taipei after a long flight and boarded a...
SYDNEY -- Armed with their ideas and a vision for the future church in Sydney, families are ready to seize the rare opportunity to help steer the future of their faith at the upcoming synod consultations, beginning on Aug....
Q: In watching "The Chosen," I find I have real sympathy for Judas, who seemed to misunderstand Jesus and was merely trying to force him to accept the role of king. How accurate is this, though, and either way...
There's a well-known story about the time a journalist asked St. John XXIII an innocent question. "How many people work at the Vatican?" queried the reporter.
"About half of them," replied the pontiff with a smile.
Every time I read that...