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The Augustine Institute announced April 23 that it has purchased the former Boeing Leadership Center near Florissant and will begin moving its headquarters to the St. Louis area in the coming months.
The Denver-based, lay-led institute includes a graduate school that offers master's
The Spanish government April 23 approved an economic compensation plan for victims of sexual abuse committed by priests and other people linked to the Catholic Church.
Félix Bolaños, who is minister of the presidency and justice, said the plan followed recommendations made in
Catholics will come to Indianapolis in the tens of thousands for the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21 -- some as individuals, some as couples, some as groups.
And some will come as families.
"The church is a family of families," said Gabriela Ross, director
Addressing the John Carroll Society at its April 13 annual awards dinner in Washington, Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly underscored something that Pope Francis once told him, that the laity have a co-responsibility along with the clergy for the mission of the
At the New York archdiocesan Family Life Conference, speakers and organizers sought to help participants better understand the importance of family in our world today, "expanding our vision as to what we can do to help families grow in faith," said Ted
Many of the mourners who approached the open gray metal casket at the end of the April 13 funeral Mass for Dorlian Castillo Cabrera seemed almost in a state of disbelief.
Some wept, while others dropped to their knees or hugged family and
Catholics who worship at parishes in Baltimore City have the opportunity to weigh in on the proposal for Seek the City, the archdiocesan process underway for nearly two years to change the footprint of physical locations in the city while emphasizing a
After an early morning fire April 4 reportedly set by a resident damaged the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Verona, the church could reopen its doors for Mass the weekend of April 20-21, said Father Peter G. Wehrle, pastor.
On
Unknown assailants gunned down a Catholic priest, seriously injuring him as he celebrated morning Mass in Myanmar's conflict-stricken northern Kachin state on April 12.
Two men opened fire at 6:30 a.m. on Father Paul Khwi Shane Aung, 40, parish priest of St. Patrick's
The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney's Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping center April 13, in which seven people were killed and a dozen injured, including a