Authorities in Libya announced a three day mourning following a deadly flood disaster. It’s estimated that over 5,100 people had died and 10,000 were reportedly missing.
‘We’re keeping all in God’s mercy,’ says bishop as despair mounts amid flooding in Libya
In visits to Detroit cathedral, woman left there as baby in ’50s reconnects with her roots
Mary Fuller was left on the back pew of Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit and was adopted 70 years ago. In 2020, she discovered and connected her birth family.
Border shelter for pregnant migrants is consistent pro-life effort, co-founder says
A shelter near the U.S.-Mexico border run by a pro-life leader for pregnant migrants is preparing to welcome the first infant born while the mother is staying at the shelter.
Seminarian is burned to death in Nigeria in endless cycle of violence against Christians
In an endless cycle of violence against Christians in Nigeria, seminarian Na’Aman Danlami Stephen of the Diocese of Kafanchan was burned to death Sept. 7 when a terrorist group called Fulani herdsmen attacked the rectory at St. Raphael Church in Fadan Kamantan.
UK teenager wants to fight for her life, but court denies her wish
A Catholic bioethics institute has criticized a court for denying an “alert and conscious” teenager the legal right to fight a move to put her on end-of-life care against her will.
Catholic educators help students, families form healthy relationships with technology
Catholic educators in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are aware of the need to help students and families form healthy relationships with technology, and the archdiocese’s Office for the Mission of Catholic Education has developed a series of aspirational goals to help meet that need.
Photos of the week Sept. 8, 2023
This week’s featured photos are from Pope Francis’ trip to Mongolia Sept. 1-4.
U.S. bishops’ delegation sees hard realities, pastoral needs of farmworkers
A group of 24 modern apostles visited both the work and living sites of some of the Mexican-born agricultural workers who grow and harvest the fruit and vegetables that Washington state ships around the world.