Wednesday, April 3, 20240835Within 24 hours after Archbishop William E. Lori asked Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore to support twin emergency relief funds for those affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, nearly $50,000 was raised in online donations.
Monday, March 11, 20240214Carl Bohman trains young people in his rural southeastern Indiana parish how to assist at Mass as altar servers, much like adult volunteers do in parishes across the Indianapolis Archdiocese. But Bohman doesn't just instruct them. He serves at Mass alongside them -- and in the process shows them his deep love for the Eucharist, hopefully...
Friday, February 9, 20240221Not everyone can run a half marathon. And it's probably a safe bet that even fewer can do so in a habit. But in a January half marathon in Naples, among runners dressed in tank tops, short running shorts or even shirtless were two consecrated women religious in their in white, long-sleeved habits and black athletic shoes.
Wednesday, January 3, 20240449Nearly 20,000 conference participants have converged in St. Louis at the America's Center Convention Complex for the Jan. 1-5 SEEK24 conference held by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students.
Wednesday, January 3, 20240329An actor who recently portrayed a beloved saint on screen has now fully come into the Catholic Church in real life. Shia LaBeouf, a Hollywood veteran and star of director Abel Ferrara's film "Padre Pio," received the sacrament of confirmation, completing his initiation into the Catholic faith, during the New Year holiday weekend,...
Thursday, December 14, 20230235Two years ago over the course of a Friday night Dec. 10-11, a series of tornadoes struck western Kentucky, killing 57 with additional fatalities in Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri and damaging and destroying several thousand residences as well as nearly 200 commercial buildings. Just one day before area residents officially...
Thursday, December 7, 20230272Aldo Barletta of St. Mary Parish in Marysville is the new vice president of Vincentian spiritual growth and enrichment for the national Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Tuesday, December 5, 20230310The University of Notre Dame has selected a new president who said he hopes to position the school as an "ever-greater engine of insight, innovation and impact." The Catholic university's board of trustees announced Dec. 4 that Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd has been named Notre Dame's 18th president, effective July 1.
Thursday, September 21, 20230378Grim developments on the southern U.S. border and the "frustrating" lack of immigration reform were on the minds of some 1,500 Southern California Catholics at the annual Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants Sept. 17 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Monday, September 21, 20200171 The National Black Sisters' Conference issued a "clarion warning" to U.S. Catholics saying church members and leaders have not done enough to speak out against the sin of racism.
