Poland's church is seeking the beatification of a young lay missionary, Helena Kmiec, who was stabbed to death in a bungled robbery shortly after starting work with Catholic nuns at a children's home in Bolivia in 2017.
The Mexican Supreme Court has invalidated a clause in a state constitution that provided protection of life "from the moment in which an individual is conceived ... until their death," arguing that no state government could determine when life begins; only the
As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, the challenges facing the world the last time the event was held in Hungary still resonate today.
Issues such as war, immigration and unity among Catholics may
A new bishop has been installed in China's Wuhan Diocese, making him the latest to be ordained under a deal between the Vatican and the communist state.
Franciscan Father Francis Cui Qingqi was ordained bishop of Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Sept.
The ultimate purpose of the Eucharist is mission, Mary Healy, a professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, told the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress.
More than 60 participants from nearly 40 countries on five continents are in Budapest for
The mortal remains of the first three Korean Catholic martyrs have been recovered more than two centuries after their deaths, announced the Diocese of Jeonju.
Ucanews.com reported that following historical research and DNA tests, it has been confirmed that the remains are of
On the morning of August 14, Felician Sister Mary Inga Borko felt the floor moving in her home in Jacmel, Haiti. “I quickly realized that it was an earthquake,” she said. “I knew that if we didn’t get out of this house,
Bishop-designate Marini will succeed Italian Bishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, who had led the Diocese of Tortona -- located in the northern Italian region of Piedmont -- from 2014 until May 2021, after he was appointed secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship
El Salvador has set a Jan. 22 date for the beatifications of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, Franciscan Father Cosme Spessotto and two laymen, the Salvadoran bishops' conference announced Aug. 27.
All four were martyred during the country's civil conflict in the 1970s and
Scandals involving two bishops in different parts of the world — one in South America and one in Europe — didn’t make many headlines in the United States, but writer Christopher Altieri notes that doesn’t mean that they should be ignored. The
Heartbreaking images of mothers and fathers handing their infants and toddlers to U.S. soldiers during the evacuation of Kabul were like seeing the desperation of Jochebed, Moses' mother, as she put him in a basket in the Nile River to save him,