The authors of a new book tell the story of the newly beatified Ulma family Polish Catholics killed by the Nazis for hiding eight Jews in their farmhouse in 1944.
‘Martyred and Blessed Together’: WWII is still giving us saints
McBride’s ‘Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’ a slow but absorbing challenge
A novel about Chicken Hill, during the years between the World Wars and the community of people from various nations and backgrounds that live side-by-side.
‘I don’t have the right to say no,’ says Jewish-born Catholic nun who perseveres to tell story of Holocaust
April 18 marked Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel.
Russia’s persecution of faith in Ukraine part of ‘cultural genocide’ campaign, say analysts
With some 66,000 war crimes reported since February 2022, Ukraine has filed charges of genocide by Russia with the International Court of Justice. More than 19,300 Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia over the past year, according to Ukraine’s government.
Bishop Báez: ‘What has happened in Nicaragua has been a miracle’
After massive demonstrations against the Ortega-Murillo regime began in 2018 and were met with extreme violence, more than 300 deaths, around 800 arrests and more than 100,000 exiles occurred.
Thousands flock to Sydney’s cathedral for funeral of Cardinal Pell, a ‘lion of the church’
Cardinal Pell, former prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, died Jan. 10 in Rome at the age of 81.
Syriac church leaders pledge cooperation to help their followers
Patriarchs of churches of the Syriac tradition pledged their unity in tackling the numerous challenges they face, including the “the bleeding of migration” of their faithful in the Middle East.
Bishop charged with conspiracy to undermine Nicaragua, spread false news
Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa was accused of conspiracy to undermine the country and propagate false news, according to a statement from the courts in the national capital, Managua.