Drafting the "White Book for Global Palliative Care Advocacy" in 2019, the Pontifical Academy for Life laid out its commitment to a holistic approach to caring for every sick or dying person based not on some theory, but on...
WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on participation in religious services just as it did on workplaces, but a new survey indicates strong emotional resilience from those who consider their faith vital to their existence.
That was part...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will conclude the Catholic Church’s monthlong rosary marathon with special prayers to Mary, Undoer of Knots, one of his favorite titles for the mother of Jesus.
Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier of Augsburg, Germany, will bring...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Bishop Oscar Cantú urged prayers for the victims and their families after a gunman opened fired the morning of May 26 at a rail yard operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,...
EASTON, Md. – High school graduation can be a time of joy and anxiety in the most normal of circumstances, but few graduating classes have had the whirlwind experience of the Class of 2021.
The graduating classes of 2020 had...
Responding to editors' requests for a regular sampling of current commentary from around the Catholic press, here is an editorial originally titled: "Navigating new COVID-19 guidelines as a church," published online May 18 by Our Sunday Visitor, a national...
After receiving an unprecedented letter from 67 bishops appealing for a delay in a discussion during the bishops' upcoming spring general assembly on whether to prepare a teaching document on the reception of Communion, the U.S. Conference of Catholic...
ROME -- Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, pleaded for an end to violence after a deadly mortar attack in his country claimed the lives of four people sheltering in a church.
In a statement posted on his Twitter account,...
Sunday Scripture readings, May 30, 2021: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
1) Dt 4:32-34, 39-40 Psalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22
2) Rom 8:14-17 Gospel: Mt 28:16-20
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit invite us to live within the...
WASHINGTON -- Father James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Parish in La Crosse, Wisconsin, told Massgoers May 23 that Bishop William P. Callahan has asked him to resign because he is "divisive" and "ineffective."
Father Altman -- who...