ROME – Spanish-born Father Adolfo Nicolas, the newly elected superior general of the Jesuits, called on the more than 19,000 members of his order to strengthen their service to the poor and those excluded from the benefits of economic globalization.Read More

CHICAGO – For Sister Mary Bernard Derayunan, the essence of her ministry in the heart of U.S. mission territory is “to be a witness to God’s mercy and compassion.”Read More

It was a slow morning at the R$P$ Panther Savings Bank the first day back to school in January. Four students deposited $1 each and two others handed over $40 checks to tellers who man banking stations in the Resurrection-St. Paul School hall every Wednesday morning from 8:40 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.Read More

WASHINGTON – A double dose of natural disasters led Catholic agencies working in Indonesia to mount several efforts to provide emergency services to victims.Read More

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Packer nation, meet your captain: Franciscan Sister Sean Marie Tobin. Visitors to the Green Bay Packers’ official Web site, Packers.com, selected Sister Sean Marie of Manitowoc as winner of the site’s playoff-ticket essay contest.Read More

Regarding recent discussion of the new Missal, specifically the Nicene Creed (CR, Sept. 30 and Oct. 7): Indeed, why say that the Son of God became ‘incarnate’ – took flesh – of the Virgin Mary, rather than (more simply and vaguely) “born of” her? Simply, the difference is indeed that important. It points back to...Read More

More than 30 years before the Emancipation Proclamation, Mother Mary Lange fought to establish the first religious order for black women and the first black Catholic school in the United States.Read More

WASHINGTON – Nicki Boscia Durlester has experienced triumph tinged with potential tragedy.Read More