For Baltimore sculptor, medium of clay becomes an instrument of healing
Wayman Scott IV couldn't sleep.
Even as a professional grief counselor at Gilchrist Hospice whose job is to help others grapple with loss, the 43-year-old husband and father was reeling from news of the murder of the daughter of one of his colleagues.
At Vatican trial, cardinal says pope ordered auditor’s ouster
Questioned for 15 hours over two days in a Vatican courtroom, 73-year-old Cardinal Angelo Becciu insisted the "good of the Holy See" was the only motivation for every transaction or financial decision he was involved in when he worked in the Vatican Secretariat of State.
Award-winning nurse says Catholic faith influenced her work in Kenya
At a school in the Turbi area in northern Kenya, children clear out by midday, and in come the parents, who are learning to read.
Local students recognized in CCHD art contest
On Friday, May 6, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted awarded two of the winners of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) Creating on the Margins art contest.
In Nigeria, nuns work to decrease deaths of mothers, children
A Catholic diocese and nuns are working to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth and the number of children who die young, and a hospital administrator said it does not take expensive technology.
Nicaraguan bishop, priest accuse police of harassment
A Nicaraguan bishop and priest have accuse police of harassing them -- the latest attempt by the government to impede the work of the Catholic Church.
Battle against human trafficking must target social media, pope says
The fight against human trafficking needs to include promoting the ethical and responsible use of technology and social media, Pope Francis said.
World must never lose hope that peace, fraternity can prevail, pope says
Every member of the international community must play a part in addressing the many problems affecting the world, Pope Francis told diplomats.
At massacre site, Salvadoran cardinal condemns vengeance, exalts peace
In a stretch of land known as Las Aradas, in a remote part of northern El Salvador bordering Honduras, Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez blessed the monument, sprinkling holy water on top of the bricks bearing the names of those in the mass grave underneath.
As executions resume, Bishop leads vigil to pray for end to death penalty
On May 10, as the state of Arizona prepared to carry out its first death sentence in nearly 9 years and with a second execution expected a month later, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s opposition to capital punishment, leading a prayer vigil at Ss. Simon & Jude Cathedral for an end to the practice.
