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Students at The Catholic University of America posing with Delilah the Camel at the school's annual "Greccio" live nativity event on Dec. 12, 2021.

Live nativity scene (camel included) gives Catholic University students a welcome study break

Dec 12, 2021

By Shannon Mullen

On Sunday night, Dec. 12, Delilah the Camel was the B.M.O.C. (Biggest Mammal on Campus) at The Catholic University of... Read more

Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Ill.

Chicago suburb is home to a major Guadalupe shrine

Dec 12, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

Marian devotion is intense among the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe... Read more

Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 11, 2021.

Kentucky bishop asks for prayers, financial support following fatal tornadoes

Dec 11, 2021

By Kate Olivera

A bishop in Kentucky is asking for prayers following a series of fatal storms and tornadoes Dec. 11 that killed... Read more

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrates his first public Mass Dec. 11 since his hospitalization with COVID-19.

Cardinal Burke thanks God for COVID-19 recovery during first public Mass

Dec 11, 2021

By Kate Olivera

Cardinal Raymond Burke thanked God and Our Lady of Guadalupe for his recovery from COVID-19, during his first public Mass... Read more

Dorothy Day.

Evidence for Dorothy Day’s sainthood cause sent to the Vatican

Dec 10, 2021

By Jonah McKeown

More than a dozen boxes containing evidence of Servant of God Dorothy Day’s reputation for holiness are on their way... Read more

A Eucharistic procession at St. John the Baptist parish in Beloit, Kansas.

Kansas church to be named a Star on the Mantle of Our Lady, Queen of Peace

Dec 10, 2021

By Autumn Jones

On Sunday, Dec. 12, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Beloit, Kansas, will become the second Catholic church in... Read more

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Christians must bring encounter with Christ to those with sexuality or gender troubles, Marquette bishop says

Dec 10, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

In matters of sexuality and gender identity, Christians must first help others hear the Gospel, encounter Jesus, and know God’s... Read more

Texas state capitol

Texas Abortion Law: Supreme Court allows challenge to proceed, but leaves law in place

Dec 10, 2021

By Katie Yoder

In a case that hinges on enforcement rather than abortion itself, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 on... Read more

ESPN College basketball analyst Dick Vitale with Father Sebastian Szczawinski, the administrator of Vitale's parish, Our Lady of the Angeles, in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

College hoops announcer Dick Vitale, battling cancer, draws strength from his Catholic faith

Dec 9, 2021

By Autumn Jones

Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale frequently talks about his Catholic faith and the power of prayer as he... Read more

Govenor Gavin Newsom of California.

Abortion advocates release plan to make California a 'sanctuary' for the procedure

Dec 9, 2021

By Kate Olivera

A coalition of abortion advocates in California have introduced a plan to make the state a “sanctuary” for women seeking... Read more

Mary on the Mantel.

'Mary on the Mantel'? Think 'Elf on the Shelf', but Catholic 

Dec 9, 2021

By Mary Farrow

Elf on the Shelf? How about helping kids live Advent with Mary on the Mantle? Read more

Surveillance footage shows a man hammering at the Our Lady of Fatima statue located outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2021.

Video shows attack on Blessed Mother statue outside National Basilica

Dec 9, 2021

By Katie Yoder

Police have released surveillance camera footage of a man defacing a statue of Our Lady of Fatima outside the Basilica... Read more

A pieta painting, "Moma" by Kelly Latimore, has been displayed outside the law school chapel at The Catholic University of America since February 2021. It was stolen Nov. 23, 2021, and soon replaced.

Replace 'George Floyd' Christ with 'uncontroversial' art, Catholic University student government says

Dec 9, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

An image portraying the Virgin Mary and Jesus as Black in a way that some critics said politicized religion to... Read more

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NY archdiocese waiting to respond to city's private school worker vaccine mandate

Dec 8, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

The Archdiocese of New York is awaiting formal notification of the city’s mandate that private school teachers be vaccinated against... Read more

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Supreme Court considers religious liberty in Maine education case

Attorneys representing a Maine family at the Supreme Court are feeling confident following Wednesday’s oral arguments in the case Carson... Read more

A Ventura County Fire Department Firehawk on the helispot recently installed on the campus of Thomas Aquinas College, outside Santa Paula, Calif.

Thomas Aquinas College builds helipad to assist in fighting wildfires

Dec 8, 2021

By Jonah McKeown

Four years after a massive wildfire threatened the school, a Catholic college in southern California has installed a helipad on... Read more

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame mandates COVID booster shots for all students

Dec 8, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

The University of Notre Dame will require all its students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster in order to attend... Read more

Security personnel reported damage to the Our Lady of Fatima statue located outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2021.

Man attacks DC basilica's Our Lady of Fatima statue by cutting off hands, hammering face

Dec 8, 2021

By Katie Yoder

Security-camera footage shows a man attacking a statue of Our Lady of Fatima by cutting off her hands and hammering... Read more

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at night in Washington, DC.

5 facts to know about the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Dec 8, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Roman Catholic Church in the United States.... Read more

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Knights of Columbus release St Joseph documentary online

Dec 8, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

Inspired by Pope Francis’ declaration of the Year of St. Joseph, the Knights of Columbus released a documentary on the... Read more