Muchas diócesis y arquidiócesis católicas alrededor del país — que cerraron las puertas de sus parroquias al comienzo de la pandemia el año pasado y las han abierto gradualmente a una ocupación limitada en el último año — se están preparando para reabrir completamente para la fiesta de Pentecostés, que se celebrará el 23 de mayo.

The Global Catholic Climate Movement is among faith-based organizations nationwide that have welcomed dialogue with the Biden administration on environmental concerns.

Three wines from France, three from Spain and one from Italy, all already available within the province of Quebec, can now be used for liturgical purposes, the Assembly of Quebec Catholic Bishops confirmed May 18.

That loud buzzing and clicking sound across 15 states and the District of Columbia this spring — from the emergence of billions of Brood X cicadas — is music to the ears of a Catholic university professor and entomologist.

In a statement released May 18, the Spanish bishops’ conference expressed concern that migrants were being exploited after a sudden of influx of refugees into the Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla increased tensions between Spain and Morocco.

Pentecost Sunday (at the vigil Mass)

First reading: Ez 37:1-14
Second reading: Rom 8:22-27
Gospel: Jn 7:37-39

To safeguard against COVID-19, the Archdiocese of Agaña organized the islandwide visit of Our Lady’s statue in place of the traditional Mass and procession which normally draw thousands to the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña each year.

A congressional panel, during a May 18 hearing, weighed the possibility of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to call attention to China’s long-standing human rights abuses.