By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON — Even before February had turned into March, farmers and accountants alike were consulting their calculators and spreadsheets to calculate…
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a 6-3 vote. The court’s…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Retired Argentine Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, formerly a close colleague of Pope Francis, was sentenced March 4 in a sexual abuse…
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling March 3, said Kentucky’s Republican attorney general could continue to defend an…
WARSAW, Poland — Church leaders in embattled Ukraine have warned that foreign missionaries could be targeted by attacking forces, while many could be branded…
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,…