A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has filed for a temporary restraining order against Vatican-imposed leadership, underscoring their rejection of a Vatican decision to place its governance under a national Carmelite association. The legal maneuver continues a yearlong feud with
Home schooling was not something the Ring family in Beloit set out to do long term. "It happened by accident," is how Amanda Ring, the mother, explained it.
And now, amid COVID-19 restrictions, they find they are part of an expanding group, although
Father Augustus Tolton, who in 1886 became the first identified Black priest ordained for the United States, challenged the status quo to bring about social change.
Father Tolton lived a life of joy, rooted in his desire to help others and humbly work
Bishop Michael Pfeifer, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas. shares a pastoral letter on race and abortion: From the moment of conception, unborn babies are unique, living human beings made in the wonderful image and likeness of God
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has asked his fellow bishops to consider having their parishes take up a special collection to aid dioceses and parishes stricken by recent natural disasters.
"The traditional storm
Given the "somber" realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, for companies to put profits over safety is "unjust," said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in the U.S. bishops'
Hurricane Laura destroyed six churches in the Diocese of Lake Charles, left a dozen others "highly compromised" and did heavy damage to chancery offices.
The diocese, in a report posted on its website, said that only one of six Catholic schools reopened Aug.
The U.S. bishops will conduct their annual fall general meeting virtually in November rather than meet in person as has been the bishops' practice. The move was brought about by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The bishops had canceled a spring meeting set
Some of the potential “world-changing” ideas in Catholic evangelization began as scribbled notes and diagrams on cocktail napkins. “I really think the Catholic innovator, the Catholic entrepreneur, these inspired pioneers, are going to be the saints of the future,” said Jason Shanks,
Celebrating an Aug. 28 Mass to mark the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King's historic March on Washington, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory urged Catholics to continue the dream of the late civil rights leader and to work for reconciliation and
West Virginia bishop says despite repayment, Bransfield ‘not accepting responsibility for his actions’
After the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, recently announced that the Vatican had approved a plan of restitution for its former bishop, Michael Bransfield, its current bishop told Our Sunday Visitor that while the approved punishment wasn’t as harsh as the diocese