Bishops to gather for assembly
WASHINGTON — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2024 Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky, June 12 to…
Cardinal, archbishop call for Gaza ceasefire
SAN DIEGO — Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, of the Diocese of San Diego, and Archbishop John Wester, of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M.,…
Pope’s 2023: a year of health challenges, travel and the synod
Pope Francis’ 2023 was a year of important trips made or postponed, his own 10th anniversary as pope, a call to the world to act on climate change and a call to the Catholic Church to strengthen its mission by implementing “synodality.”
U.S. bishops gather for plenary in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered Nov. 13 to 16 for their Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore. The bishops began…
Catholic leaders plead for peace amid war in Gaza
SAN DIEGO — Catholic leaders from around the world pleaded for peace amid “the outbreak of ferocious violence in the Holy Land.” “War does not…
Take leap of faith and dare to love others, pope says
By Carol Glatz MARSEILLE, France — The world and the Catholic Church today need to take a leap forward “in faith, charity and hope,”…
U.S. bishops to meet for spring assembly
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for its 2023 Spring Plenary Assembly in Orlando, June 14 to 16. The…
Pope praises Julian of Norwich as example of faith and service
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Although she died centuries ago, the English mystic Julian of Norwich continues to remind people of the importance…
Welcoming migrants, refugees is first step toward peace, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Safe, organized, legal and sustainable migration is in the interest of all countries, Pope Francis wrote. “If this…
