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Pope speaks to Jesuits about discernment, vocations, poverty
Pope Francis called for a recovery of moral reasoning after the example of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure, who "affirm that the general principle holds for all but as one moves to the particular, the question becomes diversified and many nuances arise without changing the principle."
Life lost, church and other buildings damaged in natural gas explosion
The blast, which killed one utility worker and injured 11, occurred just before 6 p.m. as workers with the local power company attempted repairs after a third-party contractor had ruptured a gas line behind the city's historic Opera House.
HHS contraceptive mandate in limbo awaiting action by new administration
Even though nothing has been announced yet, Mark Rienzi, lead attorney for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty seems confident Donald Trump's campaign promises to repeal some or all of the Affordable Care Act would very likely put the contraceptive issue off the table.
At Thanksgiving, Americans ‘united in debt we owe to God,’ say prelates
"It is a grateful tradition people of many faiths have honored since even before our country's founding," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president, and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president.
Tennessee bishop offers prayers, pastoral outreach after tragic bus crash
News accounts said 35 students in kindergarten through fifth-grade from Woodmore Elementary School were on the bus when it slammed into a tree and came apart. Six children were killed and several others were injured.
Detroit synod aims to create ‘joyful band of missionary disciples’
The synod members gathered to begin their task of discussing, debating and deliberating on the synod's 46 themes over the weekend, broken into four sessions on individuals, families, parishes and Archdiocesan Central Services.
Pope asks scientists to find solutions, declare rules to save planet
Humanity does not own God's gift of creation and has no right to pillage it, Pope Francis said.
Pope, archbishop express condolences over Fidel Castro’s death
Both reviled and revered over the decades since he took power in Cuba in 1959, Castro's death "provokes many emotions -- both in and outside the island," said Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who prayed for the Cuban people.
K of C La Rabida Council 1191 annual Christmas party
The Knights of Columbus council will host their party Dec. 15 at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Philadelphia. Attendees are asked to bring a wrapped toy and label it for a boy or girl from newborn to 13 years old.
Indian church looks to sainthood for murdered nun
The grave of a nun murdered in central India 21 years ago has been exhumed as part of a process that may eventually lead to her canonization.