WASHINGTON—After the Supreme Court blocked the execution of an Alabama man because it ruled his pastor should be allowed to be with him, the state canceled the execution. In a divided midnight vote Feb. 11, […]
BOGOTA, Colombia—The bishop of a Colombian city that is suffering from a deadly spike in drug violence boarded a firetruck to spray the town’s main street with holy water and help to “cleanse it” of […]
VATICAN CITY—The Gospel story of Jesus healing the leper illustrates how nothing will stop God from tenderly and compassionately drawing close to people who want to be healed and saved, Pope Francis said. “Each one […]
BALTIMORE—Father Thomas Gills vividly remembers the blaring sirens that signaled the incoming air arrival of critically wounded U.S. servicemen to Balad Air Base in Iraq. Likening it to a scene out of the television series […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to prohibit use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. H.R. 18 — the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act […]
WASHINGTON—Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic’s response to Lent is giving up, as in “What are you giving up for Lent?” If you haven’t been keeping track, Catholics in the United States and worldwide — […]
WASHINGTON—This year, World Marriage Day, observed annually on the second Sunday of February, will be celebrated Feb. 14, which also is the feast of St. Valentine and which since the eighth century has been a […]
VATICAN CITY—A new attitude and approach toward the elderly are needed in today’s world, especially in the places and ways they are cared for when they become more fragile, said the Pontifical Academy for Life. […]
WASHINGTON—An alliance of presidents of U.S. colleges and universities, including Catholic institutions, said the bipartisan DREAM Act of 2021 “represents the first step to restore certainty into the lives of young adults, students, and other […]
WASHINGTON—As COVID-19 vaccinations roll out slowly through the country, some groups are getting the vaccine even more slowly than others. “It has been really frustrating to see how we have been treated as second-class workers […]
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