P.E. teacher reaches running goal: Boston Marathon
St. Francis Xavier P.E. teacher Bry Lauck ran the Boston Marathon April 18 and beat her qualifying time by more than eight minutes.
Needed: Loving home for 19,000 children in foster care
“There’s no commitment to check it out and it might just end up being the best thing you and your family ever did.”
‘Helpers’ needed to deliver Merry Christmas within St. Vincent de Paul family
Santa Claus has some reliable helpers in the Southwest, but could certainly use more — about 700 more.
Community support, mercy visible as bishop re-consecrates Missouri church
CLEMENT, Mo. (CNS) — For Fr. Bill Peckman, seeing Bishop John R. Gaydos of Jefferson City “wield his apostolic authority” to renew St. Clement Church in St. Clement July 30 was like “watching the Holy Spirit breathe new life into what was once dormant.”
Did Apollo 11 mission make Orlando’s founding bishop the bishop of moon?
The Orlando Diocese was established a year before the moon landing and serves the county whose area code is 321, as in "3-2-1 liftoff."
Priests in Libya say Catholics fearful as conflict escalates
Catholics in Libya are "living in fear" as conflict escalates between Islamist militias and followers of a rebel general, said priests in Tripoli and Benghazi.
Obama ‘accommodation’ offers no fundamental change, USCCB attorneys say
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Although the Obama administration's proposed "accommodation" for religious employers to the mandate that contraceptives and sterilization be included in most health...
Colorado wildfires force Mass cancellations, evacuations near parishes
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CNS) -- A massive wildfire that started around the popular hiking spot Waldo Canyon west of Colorado Springs forced the evacuation...
Making peace is now part of pope’s job
Pope Francis is leading the Catholic Church on an extraordinary campaign to prevent President Barack Obama's proposed military strike on Syria. On Sept. 4, the pope appealed to leaders of the G-20 nations to "lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution" to the Syrian civil war and promote instead a "peaceful solution through dialogue and negotiation."
Pro-life speaker shows power of one during annual youth rally
Life matters. Defending it is something young people are called to do.
