A source of some tension in dioceses and parishes throughout the country today is the question of language. Of course, for the Catholic Church in the United States this is nothing new. Given that the majority of immigrants today – both documented and undocumented – coming to the U.S. are Roman Catholic, it stands to...Read More

WASHINGTON – Although two Catholic Relief Services workers in eastern Congo have been evacuated to neighboring Rwanda amid the escalating conflict, they are planning to return to another part of the country as soon as possible to help with relief efforts, said a CRS official.Read More

There is much laughter in the Project SERVE house on Mulberry Street as the young adults, who have come here for a year-long Peace Corps-style experience, explain what led them to the Catholic Charities program.Read More

“Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1803, quoting Phil 4:8).Read More

WASHINGTON – If a group of Catholics were to sit down to read four or five of the “Catholic voter guides” in circulation before Election Day, it wouldn’t be surprising if they ended the session more confused than when they began.Read More

WASHINGTON – Classical music is underappreciated for its spiritual contribution to the church, the metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church said in a Feb. 9 address at The Catholic University of America.Read More

WASHINGTON – The effort to make permanent a ban on federal funding of abortion is both long overdue and widely supported by Americans, an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told a House subcommittee Feb. 8.Read More

If there’s one big mistake Zhanna Goltser sees students make when picking college loans, it’s turning to private lenders over the federal government.Read More