SCRANTON, Pa. — Sister Katherine O’Neil, formerly Sister M. St. Germaine, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Nov. 13 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 84 and had been...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Catholic bishops of New York state are calling on the state's faithful to stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees.
In a joint statement released Nov. 13, the bishops pointed to church teachings related to immigrants...
Six months into his papacy, as Pope Leo's activities have increased, so has the scrutiny observing his every move. We parse every word, every audience, every movement, and in so doing, we betray our fractured existence.
The temptation to filter...
VATICAN CITY -- At a time when young people spend so much time in "digital environments," members of the Catholic Biblical Federation need to ask how they are fulfilling the Second Vatican Council's mandate to give everyone access to...
When bishops from Poland and Germany gather to commemorate one of Europe's most famous acts of reconciliation, discussion will focus on its historic significance and continued meaning for the present.
"As tensions resurface today in the face of war, this...
In its 2025 report, the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, or OIDAC, noted "a significant rise in personal attacks" against Christians in 2024.
The OIDAC Europe Report 2025, which was published Nov. 17, identified 2,211 anti-Christian hate...
By Dr. Michael Katz
When our Founding Fathers created the United States, they envisioned citizen legislators — men and women who would serve their communities for a time, contribute their ideas and integrity to the public good, and then return...
VATICAN CITY -- Meeting an international cast of film directors and actors, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the power of cinema to help people "contemplate and understand life, to recount its greatness and fragility and to portray the longing...
VATICAN CITY -- Before joining hundreds of people for lunch, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor and prayed that all Christians would share "the love of God, which welcomes, binds up wounds, forgives, consoles...
WILMINGTON — Jennifer Anthony, in her second year as Upper School principal at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, will not return for the 2026-27 academic year, Ursuline president Trisha Medeiros announced in mid-November.
Anthony is moving back to her native Wisconsin,...