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ST. PAUL, Minn.  -- Amid poinsettias and sparkling Christmas trees, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis told Catholics gathered Dec. 28 at the Cathedral of St. Paul that the promise of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope...
VATICAN CITY -- Seventeen Catholic priests, sisters, seminarians and lay workers were murdered in 2025, according to Fides, the Vatican's missionary news agency. Five of the victims were killed in Nigeria where kidnapping priests, seminarians and school students for ransom...
Bishop Koenig celebrated Christmas morning Mass at Our Mother of Sorrows parish, marking the first time in recent memory that a bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington celebrated Mass Dec. 25 at the Centerville, Maryland church. The previous night, Bishop...
SALISBURY, Md. – More than six minutes into its game against Potomac (Va.) at the Governors Challenge, Salesianum's basketball team found itself trailing the Panthers, 15-0. Latrell Wright finally got the Sals on the board with a runner with...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, Father Michael Newman, OSFS, Pastor of Holy Family Parish in Adrian, Michigan, discussed the history of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Founded in 1875 by Blessed Louis Brisson, the Oblates first came to the United States in...
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Ursuline was hanging with a top-tier Smyrna team for a half during the teams' meeting at the Governors Challenge on Dec. 29, but the Eagles turned up the jets in the third quarter. Smyrna outscored...
CHICAGO  -- The power of prayer and its far-reaching evangelization apostolate were the dominant themes of a silver anniversary bash for the most prominent Catholic talk radio network in the United States. The Dec. 12 gala, held on a frigid...
All power must be built on responsibility and service, Pope Leo XIV told local government leaders. "For any authority to be able to express these characteristics, it is necessary to embody the virtues of humility, honesty and sharing," as well...
As 2025 draws to a close, the plight of persecuted Christians around the world remains dire -- and in many places, deeply forgotten. The year has exposed how fragile religious freedom is, even as the faithful strive to survive...
The Catholic bishop ministering in Ukraine's only surviving Black Sea port has urged Americans to continue upholding truth and justice, following new talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida. "I remember how we listened to the Voice...