Pope Francis on May 6 received 34 new members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, ahead of their swearing-in ceremony, telling them that the qualities of courtesy and helpfulness in their work “are a beautiful testimony […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the decision to raise the refugee ceiling. “As a nation of immigrants, we have a moral obligation to help our brothers and sisters around the world who are […]
India continues to be ravaged by the invisible enemy that is Covid-19. Harrowing scenes have shown patients dying in ambulances while grieving relatives look on. Hospitals cry out for more oxygen supplies and extra beds. […]
ROME—Members of the Catholic Church, especially religious working in health care and schools, have an important opportunity and duty to educate people about COVID-19 and to counter resistance to vaccinations, said an expert on the […]
As attention wanes after the drowning of more than 130 migrants last week in yet another Mediterranean Sea tragedy, Caritas Internationalis says it is high time to take concrete political action to save human lives […]
WASHINGTON—The Hyde Amendment, born in 1976, has had a fairly long congressional history, but it could be marked for extinction. The amendment, which bans federal Medicaid funding of abortions, must be renewed each year. Hyde’s […]
SÃO PAULO—As unemployment increases and COVID-19 infections surge in the country, Catholic entities in Brazil are ramping up efforts to feed the increasing number of people going hungry. “The pandemic did not only affect those […]
EAST WILLISTON, N.Y.—To put Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella’s extraordinarily long life into historical perspective, consider that Pope Pius X was pontiff and Woodrow Wilson was U.S. president when she was born in 1913. Nine popes […]
MINNEAPOLIS—A jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts April 20 for the death of George Floyd, after deliberating for about 10 hours over two days. Chauvin, 45, was found […]
WASHINGTON—After the Biden administration announced it would not increase the record-low cap on refugee admissions until May, the U.S. bishops expressed disappointment on Monday. “The number of refugees who will be welcomed this year is […]
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