By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will travel to the war-scarred countries of Congo and South Sudan in early July, the Vatican…
By Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA — A March 1 Russian military strike on the capital of Ukraine damaged the site of one of World War…
By Aprille Hanson Spivey FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Off and on, since the COVID-19 pandemic began and in-person instruction resumed, St. Joseph School counselor Suzanne…
By Carol Glatz ROME — Prayer, charity and fasting have a medicinal power to purify oneself, help others and change history, Pope Francis wrote…
By Carol Zimmermann Melissa Lucio, a Catholic mother of 14, was given the death sentence for the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah,…
By Michael Swan TORONTO — Phyllis Googoo is ready to share her story with Pope Francis. She has been wrestling with her memories of…
WASHINGTON — Various Catholic agencies are collecting donations to aid with the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, as people flee to escape Russian bombing and…
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris Feb. 24 held a ceremonial swearing-in of Catholic lawyer Joe Donnelly of Indiana as the new U.S. ambassador…
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — Among the world’s supply shortage, add to it the palm frond. Rules to contain the spread of the coronavirus…
By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON — In the fall of 1979, Manuel Williams drove to a neighboring Alabama parish to hear a talk by Sister…