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Venezuelan doctor, set for beatification, bought medicine for patients
Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez was known for treating hundreds of poor patients for free, and he spent the last years of his life helping...
Pope brings five people closer to sainthood
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three men and two women, including an Italian nun who was brutally murdered by three teenage girls who claimed it had been a satanic sacrifice.
Religious Freedom Week scheduled from June 22-29
Catholics are being asked to pray for religious liberty during Religious Freedom Week 2020.
Sharing Jesus' love will help U.S. return to its true ideals, cardinal says
Praying for George Floyd and all those who suffer from discrimination and violence in the United States, a top U.S. cardinal said Christians cannot hold any hatred or contempt in their heart when it is filled with God's love.
Racism in any form is intolerable, Vatican official says at U.N. hearing
Speaking at a special U.N. discussion about racism and police brutality, a Vatican official repeated Pope Francis' recent remarks: "We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life."
Bishop George Murry dies after two-year battle with leukemia
Bishop George V. Murry, the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, died June 5 after a two-year battle with leukemia.
Bishop James Murray dies at 87; served Michigan diocese for nine years
Bishop James A. Murray, the third bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, died of natural causes June 5. He was 87.
Young Italian tech whiz to be beatified in October
Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, will be beatified in October.
Hope in post-pandemic world can only be achieved together, Vatican official says
The mandate given by Pope Francis to the Vatican's coronavirus commission was to prepare a future full of hope amid chaos and uncertainty, Cardinal Peter Turkson said
Holy Land Franciscans to observe popular St. Anthony novena, feast online
The June 13 feast of St. Anthony of Padua and the novena, the nine days of prayer leading up to it, mark some of the busiest times at Washington's Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America ...
Knights ask Catholics to pray novena for national unity, end to racism
The Knights of Columbus called on the nation's Catholics to participate in a novena beginning June 7 to pray for national unity and an end to racism ...
Killing of Floyd is a 'sin that cries out to heaven for justice,' USCCB president says
The killing of George Floyd "was senseless and brutal, a sin that cries out to heaven for justice."
From Vatican Gardens, Pope leads Rosary to pray for pandemic's end
Pope Francis led the recitation of Rosary and asked Mary to intercede to save the world from the pandemic.
Pope clears way to sainthood for three, advances causes of others
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of two women and 11 men, including a miracle attributed to Blessed Charles de Foucauld.
Amid joy as Bethlehem reopens, Christians have uncertainty about future
Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site opened to visitors May 26 after being closed since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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