‘We are children of the Resurrection,’ say participants in Middle East Continental Synodal Assembly
By Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT — As the continental phase of the synod travels across the globe in February and March with sessions in…
Tesla union labor battle shows need for church’s leadership and teaching voice
By Kimberley Heatherington In 1891, the same year Pope Leo XIII responded to revolutionary economic and industrial upheaval with the encyclical “Rerum Novarum,” the…
Dominicans invite Catholics to join 9-month rosary novena and D.C. pilgrimage
By Katie Yoder WASHINGTON — The Dominicans are inviting Catholics nationwide to participate in a nine-month novena that will culminate with a day-long rosary…
El Papa Francisco ha ‘impulsado a la Iglesia hacia adelante’ en las relaciones judeo-católicas, dicen los expertos
Por Gina Christian El Papa Francisco ha avanzado las relaciones entre judíos y católicos a través de la amistad, el compañerismo y el compromiso…
Missionary sister says God told her to remain ‘peacefully patient’ during captivity in Burkina Faso
By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS — Around Christmas 2021, Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson, then supervising her congregation’s medical clinic in Yalgo, Burkina Faso,…
As UN debates Mideast conflict, Israeli-Palestinian orchestra models peace in concert
By James Martone UNITED NATIONS — At the United Nations headquarters in New York, international diplomats debated ways of peacefully resolving the intensifying Palestinian-Israeli…
Restored Black Catholic churches show power of Black Catholic tradition to evangelize
By Robert Alan Glover At Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in New Orleans, there hangs behind the sanctuary’s altar of worship…
Discovery of ‘Pilgrimage Road’ reveals archaeologists’ race against time in Jerusalem
By Tom Tracy JERUSALEM — One of Israel’s leading archaeologists working on the Pilgrimage Road excavation near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount said that with so…
Biden attends Ash Wednesday Mass celebrated in Warsaw hotel room by anti-communist priest
WARSAW, Poland — Wrapping up his three-day visit to Poland Feb. 22, President Joe Biden attended Ash Wednesday Mass in his hotel room in…
Conmovido, sheriff de Los Ángeles detalla la detención del sospechoso de la muerte del Obispo O’Connell; el motivo sigue sin estar claro
Por Pablo Kay y Tom HoffarthLOS ÁNGELES — Un hombre hispano de 65 años fue detenido la mañana del 20 de febrero por agentes…