WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security said Jan. 14 it issued an interim final rule reducing wait times for religious worker visas. Catholic advocates were among those who pushed the Trump administration to address the backlog in their...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration "quietly released" Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union to drop its lawsuit that sought to restore the funds, Politico reported Jan....
MINNEAPOLIS -- On the stage of Annunciation Catholic School's auditorium in Minneapolis, Jesse and Mollie Merkel walked to the podium to express their gratitude for the community that filled the space in front of them.
Looking out, they saw people...
VATICAN CITY -- If Christians are to speak about God, then they must dedicate time each day and week to listening to God's word in prayer and the liturgy, Pope Leo XIV said.
"We are called to live and cultivate...
Most of the growth we have seen across Christian denominations in recent years has been in Christian communities that teach sure norms that are relatively stable as society changes. The coming generation of Catholic parents are likely to look...
As the Catholic Church prepares to join Christians around the world in commemorating the 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the theme chosen also reflects Pope Leo XIV's hope of unified humanity in an increasingly individualistic world.
"There is...
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a longtime champion of religious liberty, particularly in Tibet, proudly wears a bracelet of brown prayer beads, called mala, given to him by the Dalai Lama during a visit to India in 2024.
Their...
WILMINGTON – A 15-point run in the first quarter set Padua on the right path on the way to a 57-43 win over Howard in a girls basketball battle on Jan.13 on Broom Street. It was the Pandas' fourth...
LOS ANGELES -- It was a picture-perfect December afternoon in Pacific Palisades, and the sounds of a neighborhood coming back to life were in the air: the steady drone of jackhammers, the hum of emergency generators, the squeals of...
Father John Aurilia, OFM Cap, the former assistant to St. Padre Pio whose final interview last October on Catholic Forum broke records as it was viewed nearly 300,000 times, died Jan. 13 in Wilmington. He was 86.
Father Aurilia worked...