As a fighter standing exactly 5 feet tall, her opponents have always been bigger than her. As a youth minister at Our Lady of Mount Virgin Church in Garfield, many of the teenagers in her
Autumn Marlow, 17, never even boarded a plane before she took her place in the pilot's seat of a four-seat, single-engine Cessna 172 and flew over the Chesapeake Bay.
Her opportunity came as a result of Deacon B. Curtis Turner's idea to offer
When the Ulma family beatification takes place Sept. 10 in Markowa, Poland, it will be an unprecedented event in many respects. For the first time in church history, a child born during the murder of the mother will be beatified, along with
In 1838, Jesuit priests sold 272 enslaved men, women and children, most of whom were forced to leave the religious order's Maryland farms and were transported by boat to plantation owners in Louisiana.
Proceeds of the sale fortified the future of Georgetown College
Cardinal Gregory of Washington blesses new Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center at Howard University, one of the nation's oldest historically Black universities.
After meeting virtually for some time, organizers of the National Eucharistic Congress meet in person in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium, where in less than a year tens of thousands Catholics will gather for the closing Mass of the historic event --
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee said the nation has "urgent work" to do to really show a "radical solidarity with working families" and provide ongoing support for the well-being of all families.
In his greetings to Polish-speaking pilgrims during his general audience Aug. 30, Pope Francis noted a novena beginning in many Polish parishes Sept. 1 offered "spiritual preparation" ahead of the Sept. 10 beatification of the martyred Ulma family in Markowa, Poland.
Pope Francis has appointed Father Robert M. Pipta, who is a priest of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix and a seminary rector in Pittsburgh, as bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio.
Retired Bishop Joseph H. Hart of Cheyenne, who headed the statewide diocese from 1978 until his retirement in 2001 and had over the years faced accusations he had sexually abused minors in years past, died Aug. 23 at Davis Hospice Center in