Vatican, environmental institute release action guide for sustainability
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — To help local parishes, schools, other groups and individuals reflect on the practical and concrete action they can…
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Catholic charities sending millions in aid to an ailing Syria and Turkey after deadly earthquake
byBy Paulina Guzik “All ours survived,” Father Dariusz Dogondke, a parish priest in the Catholic Cathedral of Annunciation in Iskanderun, south Turkey, sighed with…
Six churchmen, diocesan communicator sentenced to 10 years in prison in Nicaragua
byBy David Agren MEXICO CITY — Six churchmen and a diocesan communicator were sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges by a…
Gregory: World needs African Americans’ ‘strength of character’; it ‘resides within the souls of our people’
byBy Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON — Celebrating a Feb. 5 Mass in honor of Black History Month, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory urged “ordinary people…
Eagles fans bring faith to the field for the Super Bowl
byBy Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles fans are turning to prayer, preaching and the city’s iconic soft pretzels to support their team in…
Shock, despair and mourning in Aleppo amid ‘terror’ of the earthquake, local bishops say
byBy Doreen Abi Raad It seemed that 12 years of a bloody war should have been enough tragedy for the people of Aleppo and…
Speakers address how local churches can protect lives of mothers and their unborn children from domestic violence
byBy Kimberley Heatherington WASHINGTON — In October 2022, the New England Journal of Medicine reported a statistic both shocking and grim: “Homicide is the…
Over 2,300 dead as 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Turkey, Syria; Caritas offices destroyed in Turkish Iskanderun
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves A powerful earthquake struck Turkey and Syria in the early morning hours of Feb. 6, killing hundreds and leaving thousands…
‘Hand of the Lord’ spared Ohio town amid train derailment, says priest
byBy Gina Christian An Ohio priest said “the hand of the Lord” prevented a train derailment in his town from turning deadly. Some 50…
Bishop Dorsonville ‘humbled’ over appointment to shepherd Houma-Thibodaux diocese
byWASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington to shepherd the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana. The appointment was publicized…