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Advent Program: Taizé Prayer
Join us this Advent for the quieting, mystical experience of Taizé Prayer.
Advent Program: Handel’s Messiah
Come, listen and pray with the rich scripture passages that are at the heart of this great holiday tradition.
Faith-based therapy aids some veterans with PTSD
Soldiers who have seen frontline gunfire, explosions and the deaths of fellow soldiers may face a long road to mental recovery, joining the nearly 3.5% of American adults likely suffer with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Bad idea to send asylum-seekers to jungle, Guatemalans say
A ministry of the Guatemalan bishops rejects talk of the U.S. and Guatemalan governments sending planeloads of asylum-seekers to a remote jungle region rife with drug cartel activities.
After U.S. reversal, Vatican reiterates two states needed in Holy Land
The U.S. will no longer recognize the illegality of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The Vatican supports Israel's right "to live in peace and security," but also supports "the same right" of the Palestinians.
California school shooting hits home for Santa Clarita Catholics
Father Avenido said the family of the shooter has attended St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church in Santa Clarita. He has already been asked: If the service for Nathaniel Berhow is here, would he accept it?
DACA recipients undaunted moments before visiting Congress
Three young adults with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status remain undaunted after years of little to no action on their behalf in Congress and the courts, including the Nov. 12 Supreme Court hearing that could permit the Trump administration to cancel the program.
Archbishop Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at Peoria’s cathedral
In the same cathedral where he was ordained a priest 100 years ago, the famous media preacher will be beatified. It follows the miraculous cure of a baby considered stillborn, who after prayers to Sheen, came alive.
Mob enters Managua cathedral, attacks hunger strikers, damages property
UPDATED - Police stood by idly as the mob moved into the cathedral, where the mothers of political prisoners were carrying out a hunger strike as part of a campaign to have their children released for Christmas.
Everyday Heroes: Priest who once dreamed of majors now an MLB chaplain
Before he was a priest, Burke Masters was a student- athlete and baseball player who waited for years for his call up to the major leagues. But when the call finally came, he was wearing a different uniform than he expected.