Nation and World

MONTREAL — Father Claude Grou, rector of St. Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, was stabbed during a Mass March 22. The motive for the attack remains unknown. … Read More

VIENNA — The Austrian bishops’ conference is the most recent Catholic institution to say it will divest from fossil fuels. Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, conference chairman, … Read More

VATICAN CITY — As an immediate sign of his concern and an encouragement to other donors, Pope Francis has sent $50,000 each to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi … Read More

ALBANY, N.Y. — High school junior Paul Barber shuffles through tax forms in the basement of the diocesan Pastoral Center in Albany. At Catholic Central High School … Read More

MANCHESTER, England — The professional body for doctors in the U.K. dropped its traditional opposition to assisted suicide, despite a poll that found a majority of its … Read More

VATICAN CITY — The place Pope Francis chose to sign his letter to young people is an important and popular sanctuary housing the Holy House of Loreto. … Read More

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Zimbabwe are among the more than 300 people killed in the aftermath of a … Read More

VATICAN CITY — Christians have faith in a God who wants to and is able to transform the world, conquering evil with good, Pope Francis said. That … Read More

SALT LAKE CITY — The March 3 meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day … Read More