Juan Pablo Galviz lied wide awake on his bed in the early hours of the morning, listening to every sound on the nearby street. He...

TOPSHOT - Judge Amy Coney Barrett is nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 26, 2020. - Barrett, if confirmed by the US Senate, will replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) Catholic leaders and academics have voiced their support following President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge

By Mary Farrow/Catholic News Agency As three airliners smashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, and Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, at the time the director of the Vatican press office, delivered the news to Pope John Paul II. “I remember that terrible afternoon as if it were yesterday. I called the Pope, who was at Castel Gandolfo, I gave him the news. He was shocked not only by the tragedy itself,

The Maronite eparchs of the United States are pleading for prayers and aid for the people of Lebanon in the wake of the large explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, August 4, as Lebanon’s bishops call for a day of fasting and prayer this weekend. Dozens are feared dead and thousands were injured by the blast, the cause of which is still unknown. Harrowing images from Beirut show buildings reduced to rubble, and an estimated hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless by the e

A Lebanese Catholic priest has asked believers around the world to pray for the people of his country, after two explosions in Beirut injured hundreds of people and are reported to have left at least 10 people dead. “We ask your nation to carry Lebanon in its hearts at this difficult stage and we place great trust in you and in your prayers, and that the Lord will protect Lebanon from evil through your prayers,” Fr. Miled el-Skayyem of the Chapel of St. John Paul II in Keserw

The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a long-awaited religious liberty decision on the right of religious schools to hire and fire...

The Little Sisters of the Poor had a victory at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, nine years into the religious order’s bouts of litigation...

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 20: (FILE PHOTO) Shannon Woisnet, 7-years-old, from Cleveland, Ohio, holds up a sign in support of school...

By Courtney Mares/Catholic News Agency On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on Monday, Pope Francis urged Christians to pray for one...

Catholic leaders say the Church has an important role in working for racial justice, but that protesting for justice does not imply...

By Father Jose Medina/Catholic News Service A deep human cry roars through our cities. Once again, black men and women fear being...

By Matt Hadro/Catholic News Agency As thousands of protesters prepared to march against racism in Washington, D.C. last Saturday, Louis...

Protesters demonstrate over the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer at a rally on May 30, 2020 in New York. Demonstrations are...

Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Fr. Michael J. McGivney Wednesday, paving the way for the beatification...

(Photo courtesy of the USCCB) As the world continues to face the ongoing effects of the global pandemic of the coronavirus, Archbishop...

Featured image: Vatican Media By Hannah Brockhaus/Catholic News Agency Commenting on the celebration of Earth Day during his general...

Poor Clare Sisters of New Orleans sing on the steps of their monastery on Easter, April 12, 2020. "We sang our hearts out for a handful...

Close-up medical syringe with a vaccine. WASHINGTON – Four bishop chairmen of committees for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops...

Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi blessing delivered on March 27, during which he prayed for an end to the coronavirus...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and St. Stephen Parish in Glenwood Springs are both hosting extended periods of...