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Mike Pence to deliver commencement address at Notre Dame

Mar 2, 2017

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will be this year’s commencement speaker at the University of Notre Dame, it was announced... Read more

Exorcists warn against Wiccan spell to bind Donald Trump

Mar 2, 2017

Witches in the U.S. are offering a solution to those who say Donald Trump is not their president: cast a... Read more

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Young man facing leukemia 'left his mark on the world'

Mar 2, 2017

Pablo Ráez was just 21 years old when he died last Saturday in Spain. But the young man, a devout... Read more

Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Carl Anderson.

Head Knight of Columbus honored for aiding persecuted Christians

Mar 1, 2017

Praising his “resolute defense of persecuted Christians,” an institute at Belmont Abbey College has awarded its Benedict Leadership Award to... Read more

Donald Trump.

After Trump’s address to Congress, pro-lifers stress protections in health care

Mar 1, 2017

By Matt Hadro

After President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, pro-life leaders wished he had spoken more to... Read more

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Archbishop Gomez calls on faithful to 'show forth image of God' in pastoral letter

Mar 1, 2017

The answer to society’s dysfunctions can be found in one person: Jesus Christ.  Read more

Pope Francis at the Church of St. Anselm on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

Pope Francis has a special message this Lent, and here it is

Mar 1, 2017

In his message for Lent 2017, Pope Francis reminded the faithful that they should heed the Scriptures and treat each... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass at Basilica Santa Sabina, March 1, 2017.

Pope on Ash Wednesday: Feeling suffocated by sin? Let God save you

Mar 1, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

At Ash Wednesday Mass, Pope Francis spoke about the bad habits, negativity, and sin present in our lives which cause... Read more

View of St. Peter's Basilica.

Abuse survivor resigns from commission for protection of minors

Mar 1, 2017

By Elise Harris

On Wednesday the decision of clerical abuse survivor Marie Collins to resign from her post on the Pontifical Commission for... Read more

Colorado church ministers to Native Americans, homeless, and deaf

Mar 1, 2017

St. Bernadette Parish, the pioneer Catholic church of Lakewood, Colorado, outgrew its first worship space just 18 years after being... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square for a Jubilee of Mercy audience June 18, 2016.

Lent isn’t just about penance – it’s also a time of hope, Pope Francis says

Mar 1, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

On Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis said that while Lent is certainly a time of mortification, it’s also a journey of... Read more

Dorothy Day.

Dorothy Day, as seen by her granddaughter

Mar 1, 2017

By Perry West

Dorothy Day, the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement whose cause for canonization has been opened, is the subject of... Read more

The Filipino Catholic Church is resisting the brutal drug war

Feb 28, 2017

Caught in the throes of a brutal war on drugs, the people of the Philippines are increasingly looking to the... Read more

The pilgrimage church in Medjugorge, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Local bishop: 'The Madonna has not appeared in Medjugorje'

Feb 28, 2017

The bishop of the local Church where Medjugorje is located reiterated on Sunday his long-held belief that the alleged Marian... Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square at the general audience on Oct. 19, 2016.

Pope Francis: God gives all to those who surrender all

Feb 28, 2017

God pours out all of Himself on His people, said Pope Francis on Tuesday, explaining that God gives everything to... Read more

How assisted suicide discriminates against the poor and disabled

Feb 28, 2017

By Matt Hadro

While physician-assisted suicide is promoted as empowering terminally-ill patients, it could result in the poor being coerced to take their... Read more

Pope Francis walking up to St. Peter's Basilica on June 3, 2015 before the Wednesday general audience.

Walk in another's shoes, Pope encourages in interview

Feb 28, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

In an interview published Tuesday, Pope Francis spoke about what it means to care for and be present to the... Read more

Nasir Mosque.

Priest: We need to praise what is good, true in the Muslim faith

Feb 28, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

Not only is there a good deal in common between Muslims and Christians, but Catholics are called to respect and... Read more

Catholics at a camp for internally displaced persons near Malakal, South Sudan, Jan. 13, 2016.

South Sudanese bishops call for food aid, peace negotiations

Feb 28, 2017

The bishops of South Sudan issued a call last Thursday for dialogue between the warring factions in the country, and... Read more

Bishop Conley: Mass deportations will not fix our immigration system

Feb 27, 2017

Controversial immigration policies issued by United States President Donald Trump’s have thus far prompted numerous critiques from concerned U.S. Catholic... Read more