YAMBIO, Southern Sudan – When church bells ring in the villages nestled throughout the forest along the Congolese-Southern Sudan border, they are usually calling people to Mass. Yet these days, the bells can also ring out danger, alerting villagers to the threat posed by a Ugandan rebel group that has moved into the region, sowing...Read More

CUTTACK, India – Suresh Nayak, a Catholic from Orissa state’s Kandhamal district, cannot overcome the experience of being forced, under the threat of death, to convert to Hinduism.Read More

Several weeks ago, an invitation was issued by Bishop Denis J. Madden and the Office and Board of African American Catholic Ministries. The invitation called forth leaders in the African-American Catholic community to gather to explore issues impacting parish life as discussions on the clergy shortage have pursued and to brainstorm new insights toward increasing...Read More

OAKBROOK, Ill. – For men suffering the aftermath of abortion, Thomas Mr. Golden offers a message of healing.Read More

CHENGDE, China – Under close surveillance from local government officials, Father Joseph Guo Jincai was ordained bishop of Chengde – the first bishop ordained without papal approval in four years.Read More

ST. PAUL, Minn. – While K.J. McDonald supported his party as a delegate at the Republican National Convention, his four sisters protested the war outside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, where the convention was held.Read More

I applaud the efforts of the many people who raise funds for the cure of breast cancer and the research needed to achieve that. I have lost my mother, aunt and grandmother, all to breast cancer. I also understand that Susan G. Komen (Race for the Cure) funds Planned Parenthood, the largest promoter/provider of abortion...Read More

John and Gat Meredith planned on marking the first anniversary of their daughter’s death quietly.Read More