Pope Francis' encyclical "Fratelli Tutti" is a "challenging document" because of the many issues it covers, but it's also "very practical" because it "talks about the foundations of our Catholic commitments to building a better ...
Father Paul Shovelain, pastor of St. John the Baptist in New Brighton, Minnesota, received the alert about a 7 p.m. curfew on his cellphone April 12 after civil unrest in wake of the police-involved death ...
At the end of June, the North American Conference of Associates and Religious -- an organization that has grown in size with the number of associates for 25 years -- will end operations.
In their March ...
A federal appeals court April 13 upheld a 2017 Ohio law that prohibits doctors from knowingly participating performing an abortion because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
In a 9-7 decision, the U.S. Court of ...
Msgr. Kieran Harrington, vicar of communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, has been named national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States.
The five-year appointment was announced April 14 by Cardinal ...
After a night of protests and vandalism April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis urged prayers for justice and peace.
"I ...
esuit Father Hans Zollner, one of the Vatican's top experts in the field of clergy sexual abuse, said during an interfaith symposium on the subject that working together will help eliminate sexual abuse in different ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that California's ban on at-home worship for Bible study groups or prayer groups violates the First Amendment's guarantee of the free exercise of religion.
The ruling, ...
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner, 71, who has headed the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, since 2007.
The pope also named retired Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, to ...
In a conversation with Our Sunday Visitor, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix discusses his new apostolic exhortation that explores the importance of Catholics to foster a deeper devotion to the Real Presence of Christ ...