A retired couple from St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica who were among four Americans shot to death by Somali pirates on Feb. 22 are being remembered as a "wonderful part" of their parish community.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck ChristChurch, New Zealand on Feb. 22 and left at least 75 dead, seriously damaged the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and put the diocese of Christchurch "out of action."
The prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches is calling upon the present ruling authorities in Egypt to "protect and defend the country's inhabitants, in particular the Christians, against insecurity, attacks and persecutions that there might be against them."
A new report on religious life in America released this month by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has once again confirmed that the thriving orders are those that espouse the habit and adherence to the Magisterium while those that do not are dwindling.
Newly released documents from a member of the commission tasked with discerning whether the Church would allow the use of artificial contraception show that Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae in spite of the fact that a majority of the members were in favor of changing Church policy.
The new iPhone app, Confession: A Roman Catholic App, has not only risen to the number one spot on Apple's "Lifestyle" app chart, but it's drawing people back to Confession for the first time in years and is even being used by non-Catholics as a useful examination of conscience.
The Vatican issued a rare decree yesterday in which it ordered St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams, Massachusetts, and two other churches in the Springfield diocese to reopen as places of worship.
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