In his latest column, Scott Warden writes about his family’s favorite priest, Father Bill Sullivan of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. He had been their pastor for many years but retired last summer. Recently, ...
David Mills asks Catholics a strange but imperative question: Why is it important to think with the mind of a murderer? The answer, Mills writes, lies in the example of two priests — “one real ...
A reader asks: “St. Paul was an evangelist after his conversion, but was he a priest able to celebrate the sacraments?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope answers, “St. Paul certainly speaks of himself ...
People have high expectations for priests to be good spiritual and moral guides, to be active in helping the community and families, and to be someone young people can look up to, Pope Francis told ...
The annual report of new priests commissioned by the U.S. bishops shows that among those who responded, a shrinking number are white, a sign of the "little-C" catholic nature of the Catholic Church. Among ordinands -- ...
Carefully unrolling an enormous canvas on the living room floor of his Reisterstown home in early March, Sulpician Father Peter W. Gray unveiled a striking image of Christ that he considers one of his best ...
Catholic actor Mark Wahlberg, who plays the title role in the upcoming movie "Father Stu," said the real-life Montana priest is "having me continuing to carry on his message." "Father Stu," in theaters April 13, tells ...
In a series looking at traditions within the Church that have been passed down through the centuries, Maryann Eidemiller profiles two priests who are carrying on the work of creating beautiful icons of Jesus, Mary ...
A reader asks: “St. Augustine battled the Donatists, who argued (basically) that sacraments were invalid if performed by sinful priests. Yet American bishops seem to argue that ‘worthiness’ for receipt of Communion is essential. If ...
Priests should try to help show the true face of the church as an open, welcoming home inhabited by the Lord and enlivened by love, said Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of the ...
Myanmar’s military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations
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U.N. report: Myanmar junta 'committing systematic crimes against humanity'
Myanmar's military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the cou...
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Missio, one of Germany’s Pontifical Mission Societies, marked the third World Day Against Witch Hunts Aug. 10 by warning that the phenomenon is on the increase worldwide
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Witch hunts on the rise worldwide, warns German aid agency missio
Missio, one of Germany's Pontifical Mission Societies, marked the third World Day Against Witch Hunts Aug. 10 by w...
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