Archive for November 11, 2018

Sister Thea Bowman. Courtesy of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

Sr Thea Bowman's cause for canonization could open at US bishops' meeting

Sr. Thea Bowman was the first African American woman to address the U.S. bishops' conference. Most likely, she was also... Read more

World War I. ?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

After 100 years, US Catholicism still bears the stamp of World War I

A century after the close of World War I, the war has faded from living memory. But its effects endure.  Read more

St. Peter's Basilica. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis marks World War I centenary with message of peace

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out in unison with thousands of other church bells around the world Sunday... Read more