By David Agren Nicaragua has frozen the bank accounts of dioceses nationwide as the regime of President Daniel Ortega escalates its persecution of the…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, to be…
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, the retired archbishop of Naples, celebrated his 80th birthday June 2 and, consequently, became ineligible…
VATICAN CITY — Business leaders must fight the temptation to seek financial gain above all else and instead promote a “culture of encounter” that…
By Maria Wiering Ahead of the U.S. bishops’ meeting in Orlando, Florida, June 14-16, Bishop Joseph N. Perry said that new investigations by church…
By Megan Marley, Gina Christian GOWER, Mo. — Thousands flocked to a rural Missouri monastery over the Memorial Day weekend to venerate the apparently…
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Catholics should make an “examination of conscience” about how they use social media, how they allow it to…
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — The greatest way of life is serving others, and those in political power must see themselves as servants,…
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Catholic artists, poets, writers and filmmakers serve the church not by trying to “domesticate” Christ but by helping…
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church’s current Synod of Bishops should not be a “parliament for demanding rights,” but a “journey…