The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening.
Pope prays for unity of church as he celebrates anniversary of Vatican II
Forty years after massacre in El Salvador, search for justice continues
More than 1,000 civilians were killed by U.S.-trained soldiers who entered the area looking for guerrillas but who killed civilians instead, officials say.
St. Stephen commemorates 150 years
Following a Mass June 6, parishioners relaxed with a hog roast, horse-drawn wagon rides, kids’ games, a quilt raffle and the Nathan Neuman Old Time Band.
Nuncio: Evangelization, mercy, encounter mark pope’s first four years
Evangelization, mercy, encounter and accompaniment are the hallmarks of the first four years of Pope Francis’ papacy, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, said March 15.