Peace in the birthplace of Jesus. After millennia of fighting, is such a thing even achievable? To this day, the Holy Land remains perhaps the most hotly contested piece of territory in the Middle East, if not the world. From its Mediterranean
Carl Bohman trains young people in his rural southeastern Indiana parish how to assist at Mass as altar servers, much like adult volunteers do in parishes across the Indianapolis Archdiocese.
But Bohman doesn't just instruct them. He serves at Mass alongside them --
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, has been named the recipient of the University of Notre Dame's 2024 Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics.
It will be presented at the university's 179th commencement ceremony May 19 at
High school juniors and seniors are invited to enter an annual religious liberty essay contest hosted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty, along with the USCCB Secretariat of Catholic Education and Our Sunday Visitor Institute.
The contest, titled
The church has opened an inquiry into a "distressing" allegation of an historical offense against New Zealand's Cardinal John Dew, retired archbishop of Wellington, after a police investigation closed without any charges filed.
Cardinal Dew, 75, has strenuously denied the allegation and will
Jesuit Father Frank R. Haig, a beloved professor of physics at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a former president of two Jesuit universities, died Feb. 28. He was 95 and had been living in the Manresa Jesuit Community in Philadelphia.
Father Haig,
By donating to the annual Catholic Relief Services collection of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholics "have the opportunity to walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy," said the chairman of the USCCB's Committee on National Collections.
The CRS collection will
"We join with so many from throughout Canada who are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. As with all those who are called to the vocation of political life, we give thanks to the Lord
On Lowell Boulevard in northwest Denver, a beautiful Victorian home sits just across the street from the campus of Jesuit-run Regis University.
Inside that house, more than a century ago, a tiny and frail former slave swept the floors, made the beds and
Nearly 3,500 of the faithful came from as far as Maine and Maryland and waited over two hours to view 200 relics of Jesus, the Holy Family, and various saints, martyrs and blesseds exhibited at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in