The first and only certified Trappist brewery in the U.S. has said that it will close, citing a lack of financial viability. The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts say they will find other ways to support their life of contemplative prayer.
A Catholic group in Hong Kong will not be holding Masses this year to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, citing concerns that doing so could run afoul of the Beijing-imposed national security laws under which several Catholic leaders have been arrested.
A gunman killed 19 students and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 90 miles west of San Antonio, on Tuesday.
The bishops’ conferences of Costa Rica and Panama expressed their solidarity with the people and Catholic clergy of Nicaragua, who have been suffering persecution from the government of President Daniel Ortega.
Pope Francis expressed his closeness on Tuesday to the victims of a tornado that struck Gaylord last week, killing two people.
Roberta Drury, one of the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, was remembered at her funeral Mass on Saturday for her many admirable qualities, including her “smile that could light up a room.”
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich is the 142nd archbishop of Paris.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, 66, has led the Bologna archdiocese since 2015.
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki made the remark after a May 17-20 visit to Ukraine.
Bishop Georg Bätzing insisted that ‘the teaching of the Catholic Church’ must be ‘changed.’
Bishop-elect Erik Pohlmeier succeeds 76-year-old Bishop Felipe J. Estévez.
The date set for Cardinal Zen’s trial is Sept. 19.
Cordileone was interviewed May 23 by EWTN News' Erik Rosales.
The Catholic University of America cannot auction a dress from the Wizard of Oz until a court resolves a legal challenge about its ownership, a federal judge has said.
The Archdiocese of Washington’s communications office erroneously told a reporter Monday that media requests related to Nancy Pelosi’s denial of Holy Communion by her bishop “will be ignored.”
In 2007 Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed May 24, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, to be a World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary under that title as the country's patroness.
The Oklahoma legislature has passed another law limiting abortion, ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could allow many more restrictions on abortion.
The Catholic bishop overseeing the island of Jersey has called on clergy and parishioners to “speak out” and mobilize against proposals to legalize assisted suicide there.
A three-year-old boy was killed by gang members who opened fire inside a church in Fresnillo in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.
The Society of St. Augustine of Canterbury was founded in 1922.