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
More Christian families left the Nineveh Plains than returned to their hometowns last year amid ongoing security concerns in northern Iraq, according to a recently published report by Aid to … 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
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis has approved the inclusion of three additional invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Litany of Loreto. In a June 20 letter … Continued
VATICAN CITY (CNA)—In the period that follows the coronavirus pandemic, people should remember they are made for communion with others and with God, Pope Francis said June 20. “Now more … 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
Churches and other places of worship in Ireland will be permitted to open to more than 50 people, following a new exception to the country’s Phase Three coronavirus reopening. The … Continued