CHERAN, Mexico – Father Antonio Mora ministers to a town under siege, where masked men guard checkpoints leading into town, the charred remains of logging trucks block roads and a banner across from his parish in the town square demands a military presence.Read More

WASHINGTON – Despite receiving what he termed “hate mail” that questioned his involvement on the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the president of Catholic Charities USA said he welcomed the opportunity to bring the church’s views on serving the poor and marginalized to national discussions aimed at solving deepening social problems.Read More

Redemptorist Father Robert Wojtek likens the impending closure of St. Michael Church in Fells Point and the relocation of its bilingual faith community to Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown as a kind of “death and resurrection.”Read More

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a church-state case involving a cross erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in a national park in California.Read More

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Conventual Franciscan pastor who will become Savannah’s bishop Oct. 18 observed at his introduction July 19 that it will take a helicopter to reach the far-flung ends of the diocese.Read More

HANOI, Vietnam – Cardinal Paul Pham Dinh Tung, known for his leadership of Catholics in northern Vietnamese dioceses during difficult times, died at the age of 89.Read More

RUMBEK, South Sudan – Italian-born Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, known for rebuilding church structures and communities in the Diocese of Rumbek, died July 16 while concelebrating Mass.Read More

WICHITA, Kan. – The families of three Hispanic students have filed an appeal of a ruling upholding an English-only policy at a Wichita Catholic elementary school.Read More