Poland's bishops thanked citizens for protecting places of worship from protesters angered by new abortion curbs and urged an end to current violence. "We observe with great pain this escalation of social tension and ...
While the annual March for Life in Washington is still scheduled for Jan. 29, the cross-country bus pilgrimages that have been at the heart of the event for decades are being decimated by the ...
French bishops ordered a "death knell" to ring from every church of their country Oct. 29 after three people were hacked to death in a basilica in the southern Mediterranean city of Nice. Churches were ...
With Pope Francis' new picks for the College of Cardinals, the body will be more religious than ever -- in the sense that the number of cardinals coming from religious orders will rise to 51. ...
U.S. Catholic parishes, schools and groups have been collecting items since the fall to share Christmas joy in small packages for children in poverty-stricken nations and will deliver the gift boxes to local drop-off centers ...
Due to restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis will celebrate the feast of All Souls with a "strictly private" Mass at a Vatican cemetery. Unlike past years when the pope would mark the ...
Proposals to amend Dutch law to allow the euthanasia of children represent the latest descent down the "slippery slope" of the killing of patients by doctors, a cardinal said. The practice of euthanasia would continue to ...
U.S. Catholic parishes, schools and groups have been collecting items since the fall to share Christmas joy in small packages for children in poverty-stricken nations and will deliver the gift boxes to local drop-off centers ...
In the historical area of Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a wide swath of grass unmarked by headstones. The ground beneath the grass does contain graves -- about 575 of them, estimates John Curtice, the cemetery ...
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of five men and four women, including four 20th-century martyrs killed in Brazil, Turkey and Italy. The pope signed the decrees Oct. 27 during a meeting with Cardinal-designate Marcello Semeraro, ...
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