CHICAGO — Saying he watched "in horror" news reports in the aftermath of a mass shooting during a suburban Fourth of July parade, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago offered prayers for the victims.
Seven people are confirmed dead and...
PHILADELPHIA-- Gun violence in Philadelphia highlights the deep-seated trauma and developmental issues experienced by many of the city's youth, said an Archdiocese of Philadelphia mental health professional.
"You're talking about so many of our young people being chronically exposed to...
WASHINGTON -- In the Supreme Court's 2021-2022 term, which concluded June 30, it issued four opinions on religious liberty cases, siding with religion each time.
Two of the cases involved prayer and all of them looked at the exclusion of...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election.
In an interview with Argentine...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced it has completed the sale of a property in London that is at center of a Vatican trial for 10 people, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, accused of financial malfeasance.
In a statement released July...
As a mother of five boys, I have spent countless nights at baseball fields, but never have I glimpsed God in the dugout until tonight.
Can I confess that I was bored by my own son's game -- bored only...
WILMINGTON — Juneteenth is not merely a celebration, but a call to action for all Catholics and all Americans, a prominent Philadelphia priest said June 29 in Wilmington.
Father Stephen Thorne, a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia currently studying...
WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees are raising concerns over a proposed rule to revise regulations governing the 50-year-old Title IX that promotes women's equality and opportunity in schools and colleges.
The proposed revisions,...
In the 50th year since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion on demand, that same court has judged that case wrongly decided and kicked America's most neuralgic issue back to its elected representatives.
Pro-lifers have responded with...
I went to high school before Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's constitutional right to abortion and an absolute right during the first trimester.
In early May, we read of an unprecedented leak of a...