The bishops welcomed a judge’s ruling upholding a 2015 state law requiring a woman seeking an abortion to wait 24 hours before obtaining one.
Florida’s 15-week abortion ban is now law; abortion waiting period upheld
Before washing prisoners’ feet, pope tells them God always forgives
The pope celebrated the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the prison and washed the feet of 12 inmates — men and women of different ages and nationalities.
Shroud of Turin is ‘powerful image of God’s love,’ says exhibit curator
The Washington museum’s “Mystery and Faith: The Shroud of Turin” exhibit features the shroud’s history, artifacts and interactive activities to teach visitors about the cloth many people believe is Jesus’ burial shroud.
Orando por víctimas, policía, obispo dice que el tiroteo sacudió a todos
En su homilía en la misa crismal vespertina del 12 de abril, el obispo de Brooklyn, Robert J. Brennan, habló sobre el tiroteo en el metro que ocurrió temprano en el día y dijo: “Estábamos conmocionados hasta la médula esta mañana, justo aquí en el distrito de Brooklyn, cuando la violencia nos golpeó en casa”.
Papa bendice la canasta simbólica para refugiados
El papa Francisco bendijo una canasta especial de Pascua durante una audiencia privada con el Caballero Supremo Patrick Kelly y su familia en el Vaticano el 11 de abril.
Author attempts to canonize liberation theology in Romero biography
Rather than looking at what St. Oscar Romero can teach us, the Rev. Julio O. Torres co-opts the Salvadoran martyr’s legacy to push an agenda that is antithetical to the Catholic Church’s teaching on liberation theology.
Grace of priesthood is given for service, not priests’ glory, pope says
Some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing the promises made at their ordinations, Pope Francis celebrated the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 14.
For Catholics, first in-person chrism Mass in two years is like a reunion
Concelebrated by a bishop and the priests of his diocese, the chrism Mass is marked by the blessing of the oil of catechumens and the oil of the sick and the consecration of the oil of chrism.