Immigration advocates say DACA ruling should push Congress to act
byBy Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — Catholic immigration advocates are emphasizing that the Oct. 5 ruling by a federal appeals court — finding the Deferred…
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At 90, retired priest still works to help impoverished region of Kentucky
byBy Robert Alan Glover LEXINGTON, Ky. — With all eyes now focused on the havoc wrought by Hurricane Ian, the ongoing recovery from devastating…
Tourist detained after toppling busts at Vatican Museums
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — A tourist who toppled two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican Museums has been handed over to…
USCCB pro-life chairman calls for ‘radical solidarity’ with pregnant women
byWASHINGTON — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee called for a “radical solidarity” with pregnant women to protect and support them and…
CRS launches campaign to build greater Catholic response to climate change
byBy Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON — Working with small farmers in the Horn of Africa, Yohannes Subagadis with Catholic Relief Services keeps hearing how difficult…
Pope to canonize founder of Scalabrinians, Salesian pharmacist
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are…
Federal judge sides with Catholic school over guidance counselor’s firing
byBy Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — A federal court in Indiana sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in…
Ukrainian Catholics denounce so-called ‘annexation’ of Ukraine regions
byBy Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA — Ukrainian Catholics throughout the Philadelphia area denounced Russia’s claims of “annexing” portions of eastern Ukraine, following staged voting events…
Pope meets group that prepared text for next phase of synod
byVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis personally expressed his thanks to the four dozen people who read through hundreds of reports about the listening phase…
Pope tells Putin: Stop the war
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — With “rivers of blood and tears” still flowing in Ukraine and with the increasing threat of the use…