Coakley: Senate bill covers many needs, but must not allow abortion funding
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate makes "historic investments" in transportation, climate change mitigation, job creation, expanded internet access and other areas, but several issues still need attention, said the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee chairman.
Sri Lankan official requests special trial for Easter bombing suspects
The attorney general of Sri Lanka has requested the chief justice appoint a special trial-at-bar to hear cases against 25 suspects accused of involvement in the 2019 Easter attacks that killed 279 people, including 37 foreign nationals in three cities.
U.S. Cardinal Burke on ventilator, ‘serious but stable’
U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said he has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Look to Christ, not the law, to receive new life, pope says at audience
What made Christian life radically new was the call for those who have faith in Jesus Christ to live in the Holy Spirit, who liberates from the law God handed down to Moses, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience.
Baltimore archbishop blesses first new Catholic school in city in 60 years
As over 100 people gathered outside the front doors of Mother Mary Lange Catholic School Aug. 6, some cars and buses on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard honked their horns in acknowledgment of the accomplishment.
Australian outback school named for teen on way to sainthood
An Australian outback diocese has announced what is believed to be the world's first K-12 school to be named after a teenage computer programmer beatified by Pope Francis last year.
Centennial of a murder: The priest, the Klan and a wedding remembered
Irish Father James E. Coyle faced prejudice and threats and ministered during the height of the Spanish flu pandemic. One hundred years ago, he was shot and killed by a Protestant minister in Birmingham, Alabama.
Man is on a quest to unearth Minnesota’s first Catholic chapel
On the side of U.S. Highway 61 near Frontenac State Park sits a limestone historical marker surrounded by prairie grasses on the edge of an old oak forest.
With God’s help, couple says, they found each other after being widowed
The pews were packed with friends and family at St. Joseph's Church in upstate New York as Joanne McKeon and Ray Germain stood at the altar on their wedding anniversary, holding hands and smiling at each other, set to renew their wedding vows.
Ugandan Catholic leaders work to reduce violence against women, girls
Lying in her hospital bed, Grace Namakula, 39, writhed in pain as she explained how her husband beat and seriously injured her following a domestic dispute.
