Nation and World

WASHINGTON  — Catholic and international aid organizations are pressing for an end to Yemen’s worsening war, where the United Nations says one child dies every 10 minutes. … Read More

NAIROBI, Kenya — Catholic leaders applauded a presidential order requiring education ministry officials to return to churches all of the schools that religious denominations surrendered to the … Read More

BALTIMORE — Near the close of the U.S. bishops’ Baltimore meeting, the church leaders turned their attention to the concerns of Catholic youths and young adults. Bishop … Read More

WASHINGTON — By barring people who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border from receiving U.S. asylum unless they request it at an official U.S. port of entry, President … Read More

BALTIMORE — As the U.S. bishops entered the last public part of their 2018 fall general assembly, centered largely on the clergy sex abuse crisis, six clergy … Read More

BALTIMORE — The 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ “Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons With Disabilities” is a cause for celebration, said Archbishop Joseph … Read More

VATICAN CITY  — Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, retired archbishop of Santiago, Chile, announced that his term as a member of Pope Francis’ international Council of Cardinals … Read More

BALTIMORE  — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ 2019 budget, approved Nov. 14 by a 223-12 vote with six abstentions, reflects increased expenses related to the new … Read More

BALTIMORE — The U.S. bishops gave their assent to the canonization effort launched for Sister Thea Bowman by the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi. The assent, on a … Read More