Gift of the Holy Spirit connects people to Christ, pope says at audience
Every Christian is unique because the Holy Spirit inspires something new and original in each person, creating "an endless field of holiness," Pope Francis said.
Pope says he, too, kneels on Myanmar streets, begging for end to violence
As security forces in Myanmar have increased their crackdown on civilians, with disappearances, detentions and the killing of peaceful protesters, Pope Francis appealed for an end to violence and the start of dialogue.
A look at some of the provisions in the American Rescue Plan
Here are a few key provisions of the American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden March 11. The information has been compiled from a breakdown of the legislation reported by various media outlets and also found on the website of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Bishop calls for Catholics to resist the darkness, live by light of Christ
For a society, a world, struggling through "a time of pervasive darkness," Youngstown Bishop David J. Bonnar asked: "What are we to do in the midst of this long night?"
Jesuits pledge $100 million to benefit descendants of enslaved people
The Jesuit order is pledging to raise $100 million for descendants of enslaved people once owned and sold by their order as a way to make reparations and also help the nation move toward racial healing.
Bishops back bill to protect faith-based foster care, adoption providers
Legislation introduced in the Senate and the House aims to protect "the cherished freedom of religious liberty" of faith-based foster care and adoption providers who believe children "deserve to be placed with a married mother and father," the chairmen of three U.S. bishops' committees said March 15.
Unaccompanied minors, a pandemic and politics mix at the border
For the past month, Magdalena Chávez and her sisters have spent their days praying for their 17-year-old nephew. They have included the name of the Salvadoran teen in a list of Mass intentions, pray the rosary each day and ask for divine intercession that he reach the U.S. safely.
U.N. condemns Myanmar bloodshed; cardinal criticizes ‘brutality, violence’
The United Nations and human right groups have strongly condemned the worsening bloodshed in Myanmar as at least 38 people were killed in the military's crackdown on protesters March 14.
Vatican says no blessing gay unions, no negative judgment on gay people
While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is "illicit," said the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Dominican sisters recall story of firewood delivery credited to St. Joseph
It was a bitterly cold night in the dead of winter 1868, and Bethlehem Academy was nearly out of firewood.
