Boston police are investigating an arson attack on a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday night, the second attack on a statue of the Virgin Mary in two days. … Continued
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez has called for Catholics to find hope and a renewed sense of mission amid a “season of sickness and death.” Archbishop Gomez preached a Sunday … Continued
A massive fire devastated an 18th-century mission church in San Gabriel in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Saturday. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles called the fire at San Gabriel … Continued
A Florida man lit a Catholic Church aflame on Saturday, while people inside prepared for morning Mass. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office reported July 11 that deputies were called at … Continued
The Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says it will aim to repair six statues whose heads and arms were cut off in an act of vandalism. The statues were … Continued
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis has appointed an apostolic visitor for Ethiopian Catholics in the United States and Canada. The Pope named Father Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh, a priest of the Archdiocese of … Continued
On the evening of Independence Day, a crowd in Sacramento tore down a statue of St. Junipero Serra, set fire to it, and beat it with sledgehammers. The statue, on … Continued
Seth McGarry, a pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system, has never really not played baseball. But with baseball stadiums closed around the nation due to COVID-19, he is … Continued
Federal coronavirus aid to private schools is now enforceable by law, the U.S. Department of Education has said, following concerns that Catholic and other non-public schools were being excluded from … Continued
Chinese officials reportedly arrested an elderly bishop of the underground Catholic Church last week. Coadjutor Bishop Augustine Cui Tai of Xuanhua, 70 years old, was taken by Chinese officials to … Continued