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The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all "to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.

Four days after Corpus Christi Church was incinerated in the Palisades Fire, Capt. Bryan Nassour of the Los Angeles Fire Department picked his way over a 6-foot layer of rubble in the ashen bones of the sanctuary and recovered the ...

After more than a year of war and thousands killed or wounded, negotiators representing Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal.

"Hope: The Autobiography" by Pope Francis was released Jan. 14 in its original Italian and in 17 other languages in about 100 countries. The book was written with Italian editor Carlo Musso beginning in 2019.

New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments. Under the law -- which was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul -- privately ...

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House said Jan. 11.