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Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich leads a catechesis session for World Youth Day pilgrims at the Parish of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Panama City Jan. 25, 2019.
Chicago cardinal to pilgrims: Keep Mary in mind when facing life’s fears
To open up a conversation about what Mary’s answer to God can teach the young, Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich reached back into the life of his grandmother, an immigrant who carried a … more
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Pope Francis hears confession during a penitential liturgy with juvenile detainees in Las Garzas de Pacora Juvenile Detention Center in Pacora, Panama, Jan. 25, 2019.
Jesus’ love does not use labels, Pope tells young detainees in Panama
Just like the Pharisees, many today shun Jesus’ merciful love toward sinners and prefer to use labels that stigmatize a person’s past, present and future, Pope Francis said. Speaking … more
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A banner placed by activists reading “Let our children go” hangs from a border fence in Tornillo, Texas. The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, the Southern Poverty Law Center and other organizations have joined in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the more than 10,000 children currently held by the Trump administration in detention centers across the country.
CLINIC, other groups join in lawsuit over detention of immigrant youth
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, the Southern Poverty Law Center and other organizations have joined in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the more than 10,000 children currently being … more
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Pro-life advocates gather in silent witness near the entrance of a Planned Parenthood center in 2018 in Smithtown, N.Y. A proposed abortion law for New York state that would allow more health practitioners to provide abortion and remove all state restrictions on late-term abortions “is not progress” as lawmakers argue, said New York’s Catholic bishops.
N.Y. abortion bill bishop called ‘Death Star’ has become law
Albany’s Catholic bishop had urged New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to stop the “Death Star” as he called a bill in the state Legislature to expand current state law on abortion that had … more
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U.S. Senate fails to pass measure to make Hyde Amendment permanent
In a vote on the eve of the annual March for Life, the Senate Jan. 17 failed to pass a measure that would have codified the Hyde Amendment, which forbids federal funding for most abortions or … more
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Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, delivers his homily during the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 17 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Deception guided court cases that legalized abortion, archbishop says
The two Supreme Court cases that legalized abortion virtually on demand in the United States were based on “deception,” said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, … more
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No place for ‘religious test’ in government, says Senate in unanimous vote
The U.S. Senate late Jan. 16 unanimously adopted a resolution “to reaffirm religious, liberty and condemn religious tests for federal officials.” “This isn’t a Republican … more
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Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for seven new saints in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 14, 2018. Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War.
Pope advances sainthood causes for 17 women
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War. The Pope formally recognized a miracle … more
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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., blesses the new ultrasound machine for the Mother of Mercy Free Clinic in Manassas, Virginia
Virginia pro-life clinic receives Knights’ 1,000th ultrasound machine
For years, two diametrically opposed organizations coexisted next to each another in a nondescript office park in Manassas: Amethyst Health Center for Women, an abortion clinic, and AAA Women for … more
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All Americans urged to ‘stand together’ to reject religious bigotry
All Americans, both elected officials and ordinary citizens, “must stand together” to “call out and reject religious bigotry no matter where it comes from,” said U.S. Rep. … more
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Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, is seen Sept. 21, 2018, at the Fifth National Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas.
Knights’ leader takes umbrage at Senate questioning of judge nominee
The supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, calling the organization “an American Catholic cultural icon,” said senators have no business questioning a federal judicial nominee’s … more
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A message about abortion is seen in Dublin, Ireland, May 27, 2018. The primate of All-Ireland insisted that the country’s new abortion law that took effect Jan. 1 has “no moral force” and it “must be resisted” by Catholics.
Irish bishops urge Catholics to ‘resist’ country’s new abortion law
The primate of All-Ireland insisted that the country’s new abortion law that took effect Jan. 1 has “no moral force” and it “must be resisted” by … more
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Father Jim Sichko poses with a bottle of Miss Marie’s Spaghetti Sauce at the offices of the Diocese of Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 26. Father Jim used his mother’s tomato sauce recipe to create the product and is donating part of the proceeds of sauce sales to the Lexington Diocese and Southeast Texas Hospice.
Priest uses his mother’s sauce recipe to help the needy, evangelize
CLICK HERE TO SEE A RELATED VIDEO. When Father Jim Sichko recalls Tuesdays during his childhood in Orange, Texas, he can almost smell the aroma of his mother’s homemade tomato sauce wafting … more
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In this 2010 file photo, Thomas and Joan Rillo of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bloomington, Ind., pose with Benedictine Brother Maurus Zoeller of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad during a pilgrimage the monk led to visit Old Testament sites in Egypt. Joan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease that same year.
‘God was always there’ for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s
For Thomas Rillo, it was the moment his wife could not remember how to use the computer. It was similar for Carolyn Gardner, whose husband became confused by tasks he could previously perform on … more
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The setting sun is seen during World Youth Day as young people wait for Pope Francis’ arrival at a prayer vigil at St. John Paul II Field in Panama City Jan. 26, 2019.
Like Mary, be ‘influencers’ for God, Pope urges at World Youth Day vigil
Although Mary would not be considered an “influencer,” like many social media personalities, she still became the most influential woman in history by trusting “in the love and … more
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Pope Francis greets Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli aboard his flight from Rome to Quito, Ecuador, in this July 5, 2015, file photo.
Real Catholic media don't look for heretics everywhere, official says
The rise of media that call themselves Catholic but seem to exist only to judge others is less about criticizing Pope Francis and more about the misguided notion that to affirm one's own orthodoxy, … more
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Sarah Plant comforts her grandmother, Barbara Lant, who awaits treatment at Milton Keynes University Hospital in England June 26, 2018. “If we had to pay for health care, we wouldn’t have been able to afford it. I don’t really want to think about what it would have been like,” said Plant.
Vatican underlines support of universal health care coverage
The Vatican supports efforts to build stronger and sustainable essential health care services on the way toward achieving universal health coverage, a Vatican official said. The Catholic Church is … more
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Students from Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky, stands in front of Native American Vietnam veteran Nathan Phillips Jan. 18 near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in this still image from video. An exchange between the students and Phillips Jan. 18 was vilified on social media the following day, but the immediate accusations the students showed racist behavior were stepped back as more details of the entire situation emerged.
After initial outrage, claims of racism, clearer details of exchange emerge
An exchange between Catholic high school students and a Native American tribal leader in Washington Jan. 18 was vilified on social media the following day, but the immediate accusations the students … more
A bishop holds a prayer book during a service in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary Jan. 2 at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois, near Chicago. The U.S. bishops began their Jan. 2-8 retreat at the seminary, suggested by Pope Francis in September, which comes as the bishops work to rebuild trust among the faithful as questions continue to revolve around their handling of clergy sex abuse.
Pope to U.S. bishops: Abuse crisis requires conversion, humility
The clerical abuse crisis and the “crisis of credibility” it created for the U.S. bishops have led to serious divisions within the U.S. Church and to a temptation to look for … more
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In this 2011 file photo, Sister Wendy Beckett poses with an unidentified admirer during a book signing at St. Pauls Bookshop in London.
Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at age 88
Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88. She has been widely described as both an … more
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