When the next consistory convenes at the Vatican on Sept. 30, a South Sudanese archbishop -- whose installation met stiff resistance -- will be among the 21 recipients of the red hat.
Pope Francis announced Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida will mark its fifth execution of 2023 as the state will execute James Barnes Aug. 3.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant June 22. About a week later, Barnes, 61, moved to discharge his lawyers,...
Today, I spent time with the Gerasene demoniac.
At least I did so in my imagination. I journeyed there in prayer and then stood with Jesus, watching the tortured and screaming man descending the hillside and identifying his demons as...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A Sister of Mercy from Rochester was killed in a two-vehicle crash July 16 in Pennsylvania that also involved three other congregation members.
According to a Pennsylvania State Police report, Mercy Sister Joanne Deck was driving a...
The Catholic University of America has requested emergency meetings with Washington police following two recent off-campus attacks that occurred in the days after the killing of a beloved Kentucky teacher during an apparent robbery that took place in front...
ROME -- The top priority for Pope Francis' peace envoy in his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden was the repatriation of children forcibly deported from Ukraine to Russia, the papal nuncio to the United States said.
The overall objective...
By Melissa Lesieur
At one time in my life, I volunteered to bring the Eucharist to homebound parishioners directly from Sunday Mass. I would arrive at the person’s house with the consecrated hosts cradled in my pyx. We would read...
As my mom grew older, she became less mobile. When we'd visit the mall she wouldn't walk to the parking lot; we'd find a secure bench outside a store, and she would wait there for us to bring the...
Q: Since the church teaches that God is a forgiving God, how could He banish a person to Hell? It is very difficult for me to believe that God would make that an eternal habitat for anyone. (Unspecified city,...
BALTIMORE -- The Archdiocese of Baltimore's Grief Ministry is working to help the families affected by the July 2 mass shooting in the South Baltimore community of Brooklyn that claimed the lives of 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi and 18-year-old Aaliyah...