Isabel Gonzalez was all set to attend the Aug. 3 canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati in Rome. She booked her trip with a pilgrimage tour company and received permission from her job to take unpaid leave.
Gonzalez, who lives...
WASHINGTON -- Israel and Iran both violated a ceasefire agreement, President Donald Trump said June 24, a significant setback to his attempt at ending the conflict.
Trump told reporters at the White House, Iran violated the deal but "Israel violated...
WASHINGTON -- Israel and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement after 12 days of warfare, President Donald Trump announced on social media June 23 -- a day after Pope Leo XIV warned world leaders they were headed for an "irreparable...
Amid the Trump administration's crackdowns on unauthorized immigration -- which have included daily arrest quotas -- a clergy visit to immigration court in San Diego was a way to show "God is with us," and "he never abandons us,"...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, in a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue in ending multiple conflicts throughout the world, including...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Despite living with a disability, those with special needs often bear a broad smile.
But when others who don't understand what makes them special in the eyes of God are unkind, that smile can flee their faces...
ROME -- In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both their material and spiritual gifts, Pope Leo XIV said.
A procession with the Eucharist is...
Sister Mary Elizabeth Cassidy, a Benedictine sister formerly known as Sister Regina Marie, died June 5. She was 98 and had been a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, Md., since 1954.
Sister Mary Elizabeth was born in Wilmington...
ALTADENA, Calif. -- In the midst of what felt like death and destruction in fire-ravaged Altadena, a spiritual sign of life appeared the evening of Friday, June 20: a monstrance containing the Eucharist carried through the streets in one...
Christians in Syria are reeling after a suicide bombing struck a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus during a June 22 Divine Liturgy.
At least 20 were killed and more than 60 injured that Sunday after an attacker, reported to be...