WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris Feb. 24 held a ceremonial swearing-in of Catholic lawyer Joe Donnelly of Indiana as the new U.S. ambassador…
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — Among the world’s supply shortage, add to it the palm frond. Rules to contain the spread of the coronavirus…
By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON — In the fall of 1979, Manuel Williams drove to a neighboring Alabama parish to hear a talk by Sister…
LVIV, Ukraine — A Byzantine priest from Lviv, a native of Donetsk who became famous throughout Ukraine after being captured by separatists in 2014,…
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said his heart was “broken” by the war in Ukraine, and he pleaded again, “Silence the…
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — As Russia continued its assault on Ukraine and Russian troops pressed toward the capital, Kyiv, Pope Francis left…
By Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA — Ukraine is “being crucified before the eyes of the world,” said the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of…
Catholic News Service FLORENCE, Italy — European Catholic leaders appealed for peace and expressed alarm about the potential for “a humanitarian catastrophe” after Russia…
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — As the threat of war loomed over the world, Pope Francis called on people to pray and…
Catholic News Service WARSAW, Poland — With the “further escalation of tension in Ukraine,” the president of the Polish bishops’ conference asked Polish Catholics…