News & Commentary

rescuers-in-ukraine-stand-on-rubble-from-collapsed-building-following-Russian-airstrike

‘We need to heal not ideas, but hearts,’ says prelate after Russian strike on civilians

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has responded to a "devastating" strike by Russia on civilians in a northern Ukrainian city. At least 17 were killed and 61 wounded when three Russian missiles slammed into the center of ...
Read More →

Haitian church ‘stunned’ by president’s assassination, says bishop

Bishop Alphonse Quesnel of Fort Liberté, Haiti, said the Haitian church was "stunned" by the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
Read More →

Franciscans open general chapter focusing on diversity, evangelization

As a worldwide religious order, Franciscan friars need to find new and better ways to welcome the diversity of their members and allow it to challenge the ways they live the Gospel in the world, said Father Michael Perry, the ...
Read More →

Deaf priest works to help others understand deafness as a culture

Father Min Seo Park, one of fewer than two dozen deaf priests worldwide, thinks deafness is hardly a disability and is working to help others realize that as well.
Read More →

Pope Francis undergoes surgery at Rome’s Gemelli hospital

Pope Francis was hospitalized July 4 and underwent surgery on his sigmoid colon, the lowest part of the large intestine, the Vatican press office said.
Read More →

Gomez: July 4 should also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding

As the nation' celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Americans should recall the country's "other founding" by the missionaries who, beginning in the 1500s, came to proclaim "the love of Jesus Christ to Indigenous peoples," said Los Angeles ...
Read More →

Washington parish backs cardinal’s concerns on drafting Communion document

A Catholic parish in Washington frequented by President Joe Biden has expressed disappointment with a June vote by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to begin drafting a document on the Eucharist.
Read More →
Skip to content