As the number of COVID-19 cases rises dramatically in the U.S., Canada and around the world, government officials almost universally have returned to stricter lockdowns, with U.S. officials even urging families to reconsider how many ...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's order limiting the size of a congregation for in-person services at Catholic churches and other houses of worship does not target religious gatherings on "the basis of their beliefs," but ...
Lutheran and Catholic churches in Switzerland and Germany are planning for people to celebrate religious Christmas services at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Germany, Matthias Kopp, spokesman for the Catholic bishops' conference, said Catholic ...
- Young people representing their peers in Panama will hand the World Youth Day cross to young people from Portugal at the end of Pope Francis' Mass Nov. 22 for the feast of Christ the ...
Pope Francis has named Father David J. Bonnar, pastor of St. Aidan Parish in Wexford, Pennsylvania, to be bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. He succeeds Bishop George V. Murry, who died June 5 after ...
San Francisco's archbishop called a district attorney's decision to prosecute protesters arrested for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church on charges of felony vandalism "a breakthrough moment for Catholics." It is "the ...
The Diocese of Brooklyn Nov. 12 filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court for an injunction against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order limiting the size of a congregation for in-person services at Catholic ...
Filipinos appealed for help as a fifth tropical storm or typhoon hit their country in a three-week period. These included the strongest typhoon since 2013 and the biggest floods since 2009. The latest, Typhoon Vamco -- ...
Calling a Vatican report on its investigation into its knowledge of sexual improprieties of Theodore McCarrick while a clergyman, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said the findings mark "another tragic chapter in the ...
With Joe Biden now elected as the nation's 46th president, it is "time for our leaders to come together in a spirit of national unity," said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of ...
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