Nation and World

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bishops J. Mark Spalding of Nashville, Richard F. Stika of Knoxville and Martin D. Holley of Memphis have written to Gov. Bill Haslam urging … Read More

NOGALES, Mexico — Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, grew emotional talking about the harrowing stories she heard from immigrants about the … Read More

BEIRUT — Amid the destruction in war-torn Syria, a community of Discalced Carmelites in Aleppo perseveres in its mission of continuous prayer and help to families in … Read More

VATICAN CITY — All Christians are called to be missionaries, concerned more with sharing the Gospel than with earning money or even with being successful at winning … Read More

EMMITSBURG, Md. — Counting on her fingers to keep track of points in an ice-breaker game she was playing with a young woman at the Fiat Days … Read More

COALVILLE, England — Cistercian monks have opened the first Trappist brewery in England and are selling thousands of bottles of beer every day. The monks at Mount … Read More

BHOPAL, India — Indian officials are seeking to freeze bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity following the arrest of a nun on child trafficking charges in … Read More

VATICAN CITY — World War I and its aftermath changed the map of Europe, but also dismantled the notion of the “state church” in a way that … Read More

VATICAN CITY — The general postulator of the Society of Jesus said he has begun compiling all of the writings of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe and seeking … Read More

WASHINGTON — I write about people who love it and people who hate it, people who want to make it bigger and stronger and longer, and those … Read More