As Archbishop John J. Myers was installed as to lead the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, in 2001, he inherited a faith community that was reeling from the 9/11 terrorist attacks on neighboring New York ...
The U.S. Catholic Church's observance of October as Respect Life Month "is a time to focus on God's precious gift of human life and our responsibility to care for, protect and defend the lives of ...
After being told to expect the worst and say goodbye to their monastery in Southern California, a community of Benedictine monks received word that St. Andrew’s Abbey was spared any significant damage late last week. ...
President Donald Trump said Sept. 23 he would sign an executive order to "ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve." In brief recorded remarks for ...
While doctors care for the physical needs of patients, Father Stefan Starzynski cares for their spiritual needs — comforting, praying, anointing and recruiting them. Yes, recruiting. The fulltime chaplain at Inova Fairfax, a nearly 1,000-bed ...
Just hours before the sixth federal execution took place this year, and two days before the next one was scheduled, two U.S. bishops' committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice. "We say to ...
Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland visited Southern Oregon Sept. 19-20 to meet some of the hundreds of people who lost homes earlier in the month to powerful wind-driven fires. In Sacred Heart Parish in Medford ...
Catholics from the across Southern California and beyond joined Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles Sept. 20 for Masses in English and Spanish to celebrate the annual Day in Recognition of All Immigrants. The Masses ...
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception inaugurated its jubilee year Sept. 20 during a 100th anniversary Mass to commemorate the centennial of the placing of the shrine's foundation stone, upon which ...
Two Catholic women judges are on the short list of possible candidates to fill the vacant Supreme Court justice seat after the Sept. 18 death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The judges are Amy Coney Barrett, ...
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