‘Tis the season, and Bethlehem businesses hope for a merry one
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Even the Christmas decorations seem more cheerful this year in Bethlehem. A new display of Santa’s [...]
Hopes for Sheen transfer still high despite granting of emergency stay
PEORIA, Ill. — Hopes buoyed in the Diocese of Peoria by a Nov. 17 court ruling allowing Archbishop Fulton J. [...]
Vatican commission launches child protection website
VATICAN CITY — The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has launched a beta version of its website in [...]
Pope recognizes martyrdom of Oklahoma priest killed in Guatemala
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, making [...]
Supreme Court agrees to take up church hospitals’ pension dispute
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 2 to hear arguments about church hospital pension disputes over whether religious hospitals [...]
USCCB leaders seek prayers for migrants, refugees on Guadalupe feast
WASHINGTON — Prayer services and special Masses will be held in many dioceses across the country as the U.S. Catholic [...]
Catholicism was natural part of star’s life
In last interview, Florence Henderson discusses faith
Miami archbishop recalls Catholic persecution in Cuba, prays for peace
MIAMI — On the day the news of Fidel Castro’s death spread, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami was one [...]
Year of eating cactus fruit: Drought causes extreme hunger in Madagascar
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Hunger levels are so severe in drought-ridden southern Madagascar that many people in remote villages [...]
Fr. Kolvenbach, former Jesuit superior, dies in Beirut
ROME — Jesuit Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, whose service as superior general of the Society of Jesus marked a return to [...]