News & Commentary

Protesters flank an entrance road at a temporary migrant detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Fla.

Miami clergy raise concerns as Trump tours Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Most Americans agree on the need for good U.S. border security, but to hear politicians and civil authorities hurl insults and jokes at the expense of migrants as Florida opened its new "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in the Florida ...
Read More →

Indianapolis Catholic is leading pope’s global plan to care for the earth

Eleven peace activists arrested Aug. 2 on charges of disorderly conduct for blocking the door of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations appeared in New York City Municipal Count Aug. 22.
Read More →

Catholics ‘upbeat’ on Ukraine’s independence day, despite fear of attacks

Many of Ukraine's Catholics remain "upbeat and determined" despite fears of intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine's Independence Day, said a senior priest, who added that parish life was also continuing under tight surveillance in occupied areas.
Read More →

Expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border on target to break record

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to break a record for border captures when the fiscal year ends at the end of September, as the total number of apprehensions inched closer to the 2 million mark at the end ...
Read More →

Survivors of Uvalde mass shooting get tuition aid to attend Catholic school

Thanks to tuition help from Catholic Extension, children who were wounded in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde can transfer to a local Catholic school.
Read More →

Couple credits Blessed McGivney for saving husband from COVID-19

It's miraculous Joseph and Megan Hermosillo were able to walk across the Thomaston Opera House stage together Aug. 13.
Read More →

Vatican’s Cardinal Ouellet among clergy accused of abuse in lawsuit

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, is named in a list of alleged abusers filed in support of a class-action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Quebec.
Read More →