While protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raged across the country, National Guard forces loyal to the embattled head of state launched tear gas at churchgoers attending Mass at a local parish.
Church attacked by Maduro loyalists after Mass, Venezuelan bishop says
Catholic bishops condemn Poway synagogue shooting
Catholic bishops from around the U.S. were quick to condemn the April 27 attack on a Jewish community gathered at a synagogue near San Diego, which left one person dead and three others injured.
Churches padlocked, schools closed week after Sri Lanka attacks
Fears of suicide bomb attacks kept many Christians and Muslims away from churches and mosques for Sunday Mass and Friday prayers a week after the Easter bombings.
The road to healing and resilience
Amie Schumacher experienced trauma at a young age — the details of which she doesn’t readily share. What she does want to share is how everyone has the ability to help those who have faced adverse childhood experiences. In learning how to heal from her own wounds, she now seeks to help others find their road to healing and resilience.
Have hope in the midst of today’s turmoil, Bishop Kettler says at Easter Vigil
Bishop Donald Kettler celebrated the Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Cathedral April 20.
Scam alert! Con artists posing as priests ask parishioners to buy gift cards
“We want parishioners to be assured that none of our priests would ask for money or gift cards in this way. We ask everyone to please ignore these messages.”
Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral
A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with saving a reliquary containing the crown of thorns and the Blessed Sacrament from the burning cathedral.
It’s in the cards for woman religious who threw perfect pitch
Sister Mary Jo Sobieck, an alum of Cathedral High School in St. Cloud and St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, signed 260 baseball cards that will be inserted into random Topps trading card packs.