Deadly violence ?hit Christians in Africa Jan. 15, with a Catholic priest in northern Nigeria burned to death and as many as 17 Christians killed in a blast in eastern...
Friday, October 21, 20220395Every year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to help priests in their "ministry of mercy" as...
Thursday, September 8, 20220148Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years. Pope Francis sent a telegram...
Wednesday, August 24, 20220127Much has changed in the world since the seminal World Youth Day 1993 event in Denver put the event firmly on the map among North American Catholics. Not the least of...
Friday, May 20, 20220106Catholics with disabilities can be and want to be active members of the church and missionary disciples, but that will require fighting discrimination, exclusion and...
Thursday, May 19, 20220363At a school in the Turbi area in northern Kenya, children clear out by midday, and in come the parents, who are learning to read. Nearly 80% of the region's population...
Thursday, May 5, 20220161Sister Thea Bowman, one of six Black Catholics known as a "Servant of God" now that their sainthood causes are being advanced, has plenty of lessons to impart from her...
Monday, April 25, 20220131In a cavernous warehouse on the edge of Lublin, Piotr Piskorski sees too much empty space, especially near the pallets of baby formula, canned soups and vegetables and...
Thursday, April 7, 20220120With pandemic restrictions almost fully lifted, churches and shopkeepers alike are hopeful that the streets of Jerusalem will fill up once again as Easter, Passover and...