SYDNEY, Australia – Christians in the Western world are being martyred by words in a war of ideology, said the president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania.Read More

St. Dominic de Guzman was born in Old Castile in 1170. Born into Spanish nobility, he was the son of Blessed Joan of Aza. While pregnant with her son, Blessed Joan of Aza had a vision that her child would be a dog who caught the world on fire with the torch he carried in...Read More

Ss. Protus and Hyacinth were brothers and servants in the house of St. Eugenia in Rome. The brothers were arrested and burned alive for their faith, circa 257 in Rome. Pope Damasus wrote the brothers’ epitaph.Read More

BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank – Bara’a Srur, 19, leaned over the edge of a sixteen-and-a-half foot wall with rappelling gear tied around his hips. His right hand held the rope tightly in place behind his back and he peered cautiously over his shoulder, down to where a counselor was holding the other end of the...Read More

Norma Urbina, a 23-year-old parishioner of St. Clare parish in Essex, thinks it can be difficult to be a Latino young adult in the Archdiocese of BaltimoreRead More

St. Giovanni Calabria was born Oct. 8, 1873, in Verona, Italy. This priest started homes for abandoned teens throughout his home country. He also founded the Congregation of the Poor Servants of Divine Providence. He died Dec. 4, 1954, in Italy. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1999.Read More

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Church officials praised South African President Jacob Zuma for repeatedly testing for HIV and announcing his status, saying it indicated a new political willingness to address the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.Read More

In a funeral liturgy that celebrated his quiet optimism and selfless leadership, Archbishop William D. Borders was laid to rest April 23 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.Read More