Cardinal Dolan says Senate’s marriage bill threatens religious liberty
By Julie Asher WASHINGTON — A bill on same-sex marriage advancing in the Senate is “a bad deal for the many courageous Americans of…
U.S. couple brought ‘New Hope’ to Cambodia
SAN DIEGO — New Hope for Cambodian Children (NHCC) provides the only full-time residential care program for orphans and abandoned children living with HIV/AIDS…
Mission Society founder nearer to sainthood
LYON, France — Pauline Marie Járicot, the founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, was beatified May 22 during a Mass…
Unique program offers ‘bridge’ out of slums
SAN DIEGO — For almost 20 years, the Society of the Divine Word has been operating a unique program for poor children in the…
USCCB official sees enthusiasm building for WYD 2023
By Tom Tracy Much has changed in the world since the seminal World Youth Day 1993 event in Denver put the event firmly on…
Catholics in Poland, Western Ukraine welcome people fleeing threat of war
WARSAW, Poland — With the “further escalation of tension in Ukraine,” the president of the Polish bishops’ conference asked Polish Catholics to continue praying…
Powerful volcano eruption devastated life in Tonga
SAN DIEGO — The people who live in Tonga are wearing masks these days. But it’s not because of the COVID-19 virus. “Tonga is the…
Justice Barrett urges Catholic school students to work hard and dream
By Peter Finney Jr. METAIRIE, La. — U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett said her Catholic education helped her develop a passion…
