The Catholic Sun

“I don’t separate service to God from service to country," said the deacon who also assists disabled warriors with adaptive sports and is active with the Crosiers’ youth and veteran outreach missions.

“All this beauty will come to nothing if it does not enhance our journey to heaven,” the pastor said.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Catholic Church stands “in unity” with the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and the larger community after a shooting during Sunday services took the lives of at least 26 people and injured at least 20 others.

One man blazed a path of change once he realized that his friend's pet dog had more of a dignified burial than the unclaimed bodies he buried for the government.

By James Ramos Catholic News Service HOUSTON (CNS) — Baseball bats and rosary beads were the only thing on Tonya Killian's mind as she walked toward...

Bishop Olmsted knew that one honorary award was not enough to thank Phoenix's longtime superintendent for 31 years of service to the Church through its students.

The purpose of both Día de los Inocentes and Día de los Muertos is to remember the dead and pray for their souls in purgatory, to help them atone for their sins and move into the presence of Christ.

More than 7,800 members of the U.S. military are buried at the 77-acre cemetery, many who died fighting World War II.

There was a Mass followed by a fiesta "for the best-a," one person said, referring to Sr. Joanie and Sr. Lynn.

He addressed about 2,000 gathered at Chicago's (re)Encounter for young adults — an evening of music, speakers, faith sharing and eucharistic adoration aimed at energizing the faith.