JERUSALEM—Two unearthed Byzantine church complexes shed light on the tradition of Christian pilgrimage in the Holy Land. The churches, according to Catholic archaeological scholars in Jerusalem, were most likely sites of veneration for local Christians […]
BANGKOK—Calling migration “one of the principal moral issues” facing humanity today, Pope Francis thanked the government and people of Thailand for the way they’ve welcomed migrants and refugees, but he urged greater efforts to protect […]
LEONARDTOWN, Md.—In the dark of night June 17, 1887, a mob lynched Benjamin Hance, hanging the 22-year-old African American man from the branch of a witch-hazel tree near the road to Newtown Neck in Leonardtown. […]
PEORIA, Ill.—It is official: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria made the announcement late Nov. 18. He said the Vatican had just notified him of the beatification […]
VATICAN CITY—On the World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis said that the poor and most vulnerable can be left behind in the frenetic haste and self-centeredness of the modern world. “How beautiful it would […]
ROME—Pope Francis sent a message to the World Food Programme on Monday, Nov. 18, calling on all to support the UN agency’s global campaign to eliminate food waste through a change in lifestyle. “If we […]
BALTIMORE—Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, of Kansas City, Kansas, and Chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, addressed the annual November meeting of bishops about the need for improved […]
VATICAN CITY—Following through on a proposal made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis said there are plans to include a definition of ecological sins in the church’s official teaching. “We should […]
BALTIMORE—One year after the U.S. bishops approved their pastoral letter against racism, the document is hardly just sitting on a shelf but is the basis for listening sessions in dioceses around the country and is […]
VATICAN CITY—While digital technologies have led to advancements in communication and education, they also have led to the exploitation of children on the internet, Pope Francis said. The “spread of images of abuse or the […]
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