VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV asked children to pray in front of their Nativity scenes this Christmas and, especially, to pray "that all the world's children may live in peace."
Clutching their creche figurines of the baby Jesus, thousands...
The staff and volunteers at Casa San Francisco, or the House of Francis, in Milton, Delaware joyfully keep their doors open on Christmas, and every other day of the year, welcoming those in need.
It’s a perpetually sustained Christmas spirit,...
WILMINGTON – The magic of Christmas was evident at St. Elizabeth School on Dec. 19 as the students gathered outside for one of the community's annual highlights.
After a morning full of rain, the skies cleared and the sun came...
An interesting trend is bubbling up within the church: a revival of sorts that is leading to large numbers of people either entering the church or coming into full Catholic communion. Many of them are young people.
In 2000, the...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito of Palm Beach, Florida, and named as his successor Father Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, currently pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Corona (Queens),...
Following his Dec. 15 conviction under Hong Kong's draconian national security law, media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai faces the possibility of life in prison.
For his daughter Claire, the trial of her father revealed Lai is first and...
WASHINGTON -- Approximately 50 Planned Parenthood clinics closed in 2025 as the group lost its ability to bill Medicaid, according to a report by the nation's largest abortion provider.
On Dec. 12, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...
In a sign of closeness as Christmas approaches, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, accompanied by the Latin Patriarchal Vicar Bishop William Shomali and a small delegation, arrived in Gaza Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to the...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- There aren't any hearts two sizes too small in the third grade at St. Joseph School: only hearts three sizes larger.
How can you tell? Just look at the Grinch-themed Christmas tree the students in Jenifer Ingram's...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The violence that erupted at the Brown University's campus Dec. 13 was more than a national headline; it was a deeply personal tragedy that struck at the heart of the Providence community.
The Saturday shooting at the...