A congregation of Catholic women religious is lamenting the downfall of an acclaimed nursing home it once operated, after severe neglect and endangerment of residents by the current owners prompted Ohio state officials to intervene.
"This is a shock that...
Picture your favorite place to sit. A cozy recliner near the TV, a reading spot on your couch or your usual chair at the kitchen table. Remember how your body sinks into that space without a second thought. After...
CHICAGO -- The Augustinians, Pope Leo XIV's religious order, have a newly elected prior provincial for their Midwest province, a position the pope held from 1999-2001.
Augustinian Father Tom McCarthy was elected prior provincial of the Chicago-based Province of Our...
Saint Mark’s High School boys basketball coach Lonnie Wright, suspended in December by the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association for an offseason violation, had his five-game ban reduced by one after an appeal to the DIAA board at its monthly...
Surrogacy violates the dignity of both unborn children and pregnant women, reducing them to mere commodities and victims of exploitation, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister.
"One cannot evade reality in its essential core: This practice (surrogacy)...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Jan. 14 that the first in a series of direct humanitarian shipments to Cuba "in close partnership with the Catholic Church" would take place the same day -- as well...
Pope Leo XIV met Jan. 15 with the families of victims of the Crans-Montana bar fire on New Year's night, which took the lives of 40 people and injured 116 in a Swiss resort tragedy.
The pontiff was "deeply moved...
The National Eucharistic Revival -- a three-year initiative to renew belief in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, following a marked decline in belief among U.S. Catholics -- has rekindled both faith and outreach, according to...
Each year, the annual Marian procession of the "Divina Pastora" ("Divine Shepherdess") draws millions of pilgrims and devotees in Venezuela.
The Jan. 14 procession, however, was of particular significance following the United States' capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his...
Scripture readings for Jan. 18, 2026, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 49:3, 5-6 Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34
If you need help spotting Christ, you can always count on John the Baptist.
"Behold, the Lamb...