Father of Amazon.com founder gives gift of $12 million to Catholic school
Miguel Bezos, the immigrant father of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $12 million to a Catholic school in Delaware that housed and educated him when he arrived as an unaccompanied minor from Cuba in the early 1960s.
Quadruple amputee has set high goals for college, his future
When asked how many surgeries he has had since contracting a deadly bacterial infection more than a decade ago, 21-year-old Franklin Mejias Castellano must pause and think for a moment.
Celebrate freedom to live faith publicly, work to protect it, says bishop
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Religious Freedom Week June 22-29 is an opportunity for Catholics across the country to take a "stand for the freedom on which this country was founded: The freedom to live out our faith publicly," said Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge.
Alumna of New York Catholic high school named NASA deputy administrator
Pamela Melroy, an alumna of a Catholic high school in the Diocese of Rochester and one of the world's most renowned astronauts, has a major distinction to add to her long list of accomplishments: deputy administrator for NASA.
U.S. Catholics asked to pray for bishops as Communion document is drafted
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked the nation's Catholics to pray for him and his brother bishops "as we continue our dialogues and reflections" in the process of drafting a document on the "meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church."
Vatican official, in Mexico, urges end to divisions, violence
During a trip to Mexico, the Vatican secretary of state called on Mexicans to overcome divisions and the violence afflicting the country -- something he said he prayed for at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Cardinal keeps limits on private Masses in St. Peter’s, allows exceptions
Reaffirming the principles that led the Vatican to severely limit private celebrations of Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the early morning, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the new archpriest of the basilica, said exceptions would be made for "groups with particular and legitimate needs."
Pope to grandparents, all elderly people: ‘You are needed’
Writing to his peers, Catholics who have reached a venerable age like he has, Pope Francis told older Catholics that God is close to them and still has plans for their lives.
Rhoades: ‘There’s a great need to better understand Eucharist’s centrality’
In the months leading up to the U.S. bishops' spring general assembly held June 16-18, headlines in both secular and Catholic media focused primarily on one issue: the potential of a document on eucharistic consistency and what that would mean in the political sphere.
Catholic Democrats in House say they work to advance respect for life
Shortly before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the bishops had approved moving forward in drafting a teaching document on the Eucharist, a group of Catholic Democratic members of the House of Representatives asked the bishops not to deny holy Communion to anyone over the issue of abortion.
