WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, New York, and named Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Columbus, Ohio, to succeed him.
Bishop DiMarzio, who has been Brooklyn's bishop since is 2003, turned 77...
MILLTOWN — Three high school volleyball teams remained undefeated going into play on Sept. 28, and two of them met at Saint Mark’s. When it was over, the homestanding Spartans had taken care of business against rival Ursuline in...
Most public issues these days seem to elicit angry dispute and mutual recriminations. Those divisions can tempt people to misstate or exaggerate facts, to persuade others (or even themselves) that they are right and their opponents are not worth...
WASHINGTON — Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington urged people to take up Pope Francis’ invitation to “move from indifference to solidarity” to be better understand the plight of migrant people and refugees around the world.
“Countries have the...
VATICAN CITY — Death row inmates in Florida’s prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their “house,” with some having lived in their “house” for 40 years — longer than one Catholic lay chaplain said he has lived in...
VATICAN CITY — While men and women have a responsibility to be vaccinated against COVID-19, they also have a responsibility to engage in dialogue with those who are hesitant, rather than trying to force them, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.
During...
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said he is continuing steady progress in his recovery from COVID-19, but explained that it is slow going in a letter to supporters and friends.
In a letter dated Sept. 25, the...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court's new term, starting Oct. 4, returns to its standard routine: hearing arguments in person and taking on hot-button issues.
The big cases, among the 34 it has so far agreed to hear, include those...
VATICAN CITY — The world needs prophets and true witnesses of hope in a time of uncertainty and trial, Pope Francis told Catholic young people.
In his message for World Youth Day 2021, which will be celebrated at a diocesan...
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of U.S. bishops' committee dealing with international affairs has called on the United States to move toward preventing a modern-day nuclear arms race.
Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, chairman of the Committee on International...