The Dicastery for the Service of Charity, led by Polish Cardinal Krajewski, spent $2.2 million (2 million euros) in 2022 for humanitarian help in Ukraine, the papal almoner told OSV News. "Another 2 million (euros) ...
Columnist David Mills looks at the need for the faithful to cultivate a sense of gratitude for the things they have — not only as a way to take stock of their blessings, but so ...
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when face-to-face visits were difficult or impossible, many members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul relied on phone calls or electronic means to connect critical services ...
For decades, St. Peter's Catholic Church on Capitol Hill has been known for providing hospitality in its parish hall to people arriving on buses in Washington for the annual March for Life.
This summer, the parish ...
A reader asks: “Are there ‘statutes of limitations’ regarding confession? For instance, if I stole a candy bar as a child, never confessed it but still remember it as an adult, should I confess it?” ...
A reader asks: “I have made a pledge to purchase a Bible. I want to not only read it but study it intently. Should I purchase a Catholic Bible or the standard classic King James ...
Paul Gavrilyuk gets about four hours of sleep a night.
It's a wonder he gets any sleep at all. The Ukraine native and theology professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul is working ...
A trip to the grocery store is giving shoppers sticker shock over staples such as a gallon of milk.
Imagine the pocketbook pain of buying 250,000 gallons.
Southeast Michigan food aid ministries, including food banks and parish-based ...
When Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party began violently vandalizing thousands of Jewish synagogues, hospitals, cemeteries, businesses, homes and schools across the country in 1938, the Church was watching. Pope Pius XI, who died in ...
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how a conversation with a priest about the homeless in their community has led her to take seriously how to give alms this Lenten season: “During the season of Lent, ...
More than 24 hours after he entered the hospital, Pope Francis’ doctors reported a “marked improvement” in his condition, diagnosed as bronchitis, which they attributed to treatment with intravenous antibiotics.
Vatican shares medical bulletin saying #PopeFrancis has bronchitis & is receiving intravenous antibiotics. There has been "a marked improvement" in his condition & he "could be discharged in the coming days."