Former slave’s priestly story comes to life across diocese

His name wasn’t even mentioned on his baptismal record. No U.S. seminary wanted him. Now he's on his way to sainthood with his story coming to Valley stages.

‘Complete My Joy’: In major new document, Bishop Olmsted urges fathers, mothers to commit their...

Fathers and mothers have the ability and responsibility to lead their families to holiness, wrote Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted in an apostolic exhortation published Dec. 30.

A papal year in images [VIDEO]

See how many you recognize.

Feast of St. Thomas Becket

A London-born clerk to Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury, Thomas studied canon law abroad and was ordained a deacon.

Speak to Me Lord, Dec. 30, 2018: Look to the family

No family is perfect. But every family, however weak or broken, has dignity.

At the border, communities vent anger toward Washington

"Now maybe Congress can focus on a package for Central America that addresses the root causes of migration," a rep at the Center for Migration Studies said. "This is the most effective and humane solution to the exodus."

Take up acts of service this Christmas season

The Christmas season is wonderful, but it sometimes induces a measure of guilt.

Pennsylvania priest sent to prison after guilty plea in abuse case

He is the first priest convicted of charges stemming from a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation that focused on allegations of abuse.

Christ’s birth brings hope to a broken world

No one can offer you more hope than Jesus Christ. In a world broken by sin, this season of hope we call Advent calls each one of us to turn our eyes to the stable in Bethlehem where our Savior took on flesh and became one of us, to show us the way of forgiveness and love.

Vietnamese parishioners don’t let attack on church deter Christmas

Parishioners young and old expressed surprise at what happened but held no ill will toward the person responsible. Young people suggested that the man had been angry. One woman said he must have been hurting.