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 massive movement of women and children fleeing Russian bombardments in Eastern Ukraine has led hundreds of thousands of them to Lviv, less than 50 miles from the Polish border.
In churches of every denomination, schools, orphanages, seminaries and the Ukrainian Catholic University,
Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, Ukraine's besieged capital, has invited Pope Francis and other religious leaders to come to the city and witness for peace.
"The Holy Father has received the letter from the mayor of the Ukrainian capital and is close to
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about "the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that's deadly for oligarchies and authoritarian rulers," said the archbishop
As restoration and conservation work began on the pavement stones of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, said he hoped the cooperation among the three custodial churches in the project would serve as
The Vatican called Nicaragua's expulsion of the Vatican ambassador "grave and unjustified" as the rift deepened between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
In a March 12 statement, the Vatican said the Nicaraguan government "has decided to withdraw
The Missionaries of Charity have elected Sister Joseph Michael, former secretary to St. Teresa of Kolkata, as superior general of order.
She replaces Sister Prema Pierick, who asked to retire for health reasons. Sister Pierick had led the order since 2009.
"I've come with the three most sophisticated Gospel weapons: prayer, fasting and alms," Cardinal Konrad Krajewski told reporters in Western Ukraine March 10 as he prepared to head toward Kyiv and other cities under Russian bombardment.
At the behest of Pope Francis, Cardinal
Following news reports about the war in Ukraine is important, Cardinal Michael Czerny said, but meeting the victims of that war -- the people forced to flee -- has a different impact.
"The impact on your eyes when you see (through the media)
A Paris court sentenced four men in connection with the 2016 killing of Father Jacques Hamel, giving them sentences ranging from eight years to life in prison.
The harshest sentence was applied to Rachid Kassim, a recruiter for the Islamic State group, who
Catholic bishops in Japan have dedicated the second Friday of Lent as a Day of Prayer and Penance for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Abuse.
Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan, has requested Catholics to join