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Mexican priest stabbed at cathedral in May dies
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera said that Father Miguel Angel Machorro, allegedly stabbed by an American man at the altar while celebrating Mass May 15, has died.
Ancient order, modern times: Order of Malta focuses on renewal
For more than 900 years, the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta has seen its fair share of victories, defeats and institutional changes. However, those challenges did not prepare them for the intense media scrutiny that followed a very public crisis in the order at the beginning of the year.
Bishop asks Congress to reject ‘discriminatory’ immigration bill
"Had this discriminatory legislation been in place generations ago, many of the very people who built and defended this nation would have been excluded," said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chair of the bishops' migration committee.
U.S. Catholic communications expert is first woman to be Signis president
An internationally recognized journalist, writer and communications professional, Helen Osman is the first woman and first North American to be president of Signis.
‘Mission is all the time’: FOCUS ministry doesn’t stop with school year
For the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, ministry spreads beyond campuses during the summer, taking college students on mission trips around the world.
‘Adoration 101’ explores Real Presence for young adults
About 30 young people joined the Catholic Young Adults of Chester County to learn the history of eucharistic adoration. “We can be transformed by just showing up,” said a speaker at the talk.
Archbishop backs transgender ban, but says human dignity must prevail
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services offered support for President Donald Trump's reinstatement of a ban on transgender people serving in any branch of the military.
Classical approach to education gains momentum among Catholic schools
By combining the richness of the Catholic faith with the components of a strong education in pursuit of the true, the good and the beautiful, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Classical School in Denver allows for students to encounter virtue "in all the circumstances of life."
Religious leaders unite to fight Holy Land environmental issues
Christians, Muslims and Jews are together facing a heat wave and near-record electricity usage -- where available -- even as water levels in the Tiberian Sea are low and what little water remains in the Jordan River is polluted with saline and liquid waste or sewage.
The Catholic roots of the ‘immortal’ Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks was a poor African-American woman whose cancer cells taken during a biopsy before her death in 1951 are the source of the first immortalized cell line in medical history.