We, baptized people, are very diverse, culturally speaking, within this great Catholic Mother Church that makes her way to God in the U.S.A. But what do we really mean by the word “culture” in our context?Read More

St. Jerome Emiliani, born in Italy in 1481, is the patron saint of abandoned children and orphans. He became a priest in 1518 and began to devote much of his time to helping orphans, especially during a plague in 1528. He founded orphanages, a hospital and a shelter for women.Read More

St. Perpetua was born to a noble pagan family, but she converted to Christianity with her maid and friend, St. Felicity. The two saints became martyrs in Carthage, North Africa, when they were mauled by animals and beheaded for their faith. They are patron saints of cattle and martyrs.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The revised Vatican norms dealing with sexual abuse of minors by priests and other “more grave crimes” against church law contain several changes from the previous version published in 2001.Read More

DUBLIN – Fresh intercommunity dialogue is needed to resolve the difficulties surrounding controversial parades in Northern Ireland, said a Catholic priest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following the most serious outbreak of sectarian rioting in many years.Read More

St. Victor the Moor was born in the third century in Mauretania, Africa. Born a Christian, he became a soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard. During Maximian’s persecution of Christians, St. Victor was arrested in Milan. He was tortured and killed for his faith around the year 303. St. Victor the Moor is patron saint...Read More

St. John the Great Sinner was born into a Christian family in March 1546 in Spain. When he was 19 he left his business and gave away his belongings to live as a hermit. He worked in prisons and hospitals in Jerez de la Frontera, and he later founded the Hospital of Our Lady of...Read More

VATICAN CITY – Italy defended the display of the crucifix in public schools before Europe’s human rights court, arguing that it is a symbol of the country’s cultural heritage and not an imposition of religious belief on students.Read More