Friends of Dorothy Day commend important step in her sainthood cause
WASHINGTON – The recent update in the sainthood cause for American Catholic icon Dorothy Day is welcome news to many [...]
Dive into world’s problems with courage, pope says
VATICAN CITY – Dive into the world's problems with courage and help people turn their lives of desolation into abundance [...]
Vatican reiterates Polish archbishop should shun public church events
WARSAW, Poland – A Polish archbishop who resigned after sexually molesting Catholic seminarians has been warned by the Vatican to [...]
Happiness: There’s no app for that, pope tells teens
Happiness "is not an 'app' that you can download on your phones nor will the latest update help you become free and great in loving," Pope Francis told thousands of teenagers.
Church is no longer ‘church of the poor,’ says Indian theologian nun
COCHIN, India – One of the prominent female Catholic theologians in India said the church has lost its identity as [...]
Rescued refugees report hundreds drowned in Mediterranean
ROME – The same day Pope Francis brought 12 Syrian refugees to Rome from Greece, a merchant ship rescued 41 [...]
As ‘DJ Joy,’ Mercy sister takes to airwaves
As a disc jockey on pinkscrystalradio.com, an online contemporary Christian music radio station featuring all genres of Christian music, the 60-year-old former parish minister is known as “DJ Joy.”
Catholic officials back plea not to demonize all Muslims
Church officials in Pakistan have backed a government plea to the international community not to demonize all Muslims because of acts of terrorism committed by a few extremists.
Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims
WASHINGTON – Six members of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, including a young nun from Northern [...]
Saint’s relics found in rubble of church destroyed by terrorists
VATICAN CITY – The relics of Syrian St. Elian, which originally were thought to have been destroyed by members of [...]