MADRID – On June 11, Spanish soccer fans will gather at Blessed Manuel Domingo Sol Catholic Church in Madrid to watch host nation South Africa play Mexico in the first game of the FIFA World Cup.Read More
ROME - One year after U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a groundbreaking speech to the Muslim world, Vatican diplomats said that while there has been much progress in dialogue, much is left to do on the ground.Read More
NEW ORLEANS – As millions of gallons of oil from an offshore rig explosion fouled hundreds of square miles in the Gulf of Mexico and advanced toward the Louisiana coastline, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond thanked BP for $1 million in emergency relief funds.Read More
A bishop once related this true story. There was a certain diocese in the Midwest which received its new bishop. The first thing he did was to make this rule: “Every time I arrive in a parish to do a Confirmation, I would like for the pastor to have five young men, high school aged...Read More
VATICAN CITY – With the Shroud of Turin now carefully put away, church officials said that more than 2 million pilgrims had come to venerate the linen cloth in the six weeks it was on display.Read More
BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters and the Thai army prevented a Catholic-run charity and other nongovernmental organizations from rescuing women and children trapped within a commercial district of central Bangkok as clashes between the two sides escalated.Read More
While attending a friend’s funeral at St. Joseph’s Passionist Monastery a few years ago, Ron Doub was struck by the beauty of the historic Irvington church.Read More
NEW YORK – Catholic leaders and universities should “come out of the shadows” and take a significant role in educating those who are ambivalent or undecided about the issue of comprehensive immigration reform, according to Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles.Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore has reached an agreement with a businessman who will subsidize busses to schools that are receiving students from closing institutions.Read More
VATICAN CITY – After nine years of work involving Vatican officials, English-speaking bishops around the world and hundreds of consultants, Pope Benedict XVI received a complete version of the English translation of the Roman Missal.Read More