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OAKLAND, Calif. — In his homily on Pentecost, May 23, Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland recounted how terrified he was when he was robbed at gunpoint the afternoon before while out walking, but he also said he had to look beyond the fear to forgive the suspect.
WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on participation in religious services just as it did on workplaces, but a new survey indicates strong emotional resilience from those who consider their faith vital to their existence.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will host an emergency meeting with prelates from Central America as well as Vatican representatives June 1-2 in Chicago to set forth a path for the U.S. church's response to immigration.
ROME — "The Pope Video," a monthly video featuring the pope's prayer intentions, has given Catholics around the world an opportunity to be united and feel a part of the universal church, said Jesuit Father Federic Fornos, international director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network.
BALTIMORE — The first Catholic cathedral in the United States could have been a Gothic structure, but the first bishop for the Catholic Church in America wanted something forward-looking for the new country.
Porto Charities Inc., a Northern Virginia nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, recently appointed its first executive director, Larry Rzepka, a development and fundraising veteran with 35 years of experience and deep roots to Catholic schools.
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” These words, while not identical in language to the oath every military member swears on entering the service, are identical in substance.
The sense of place and pull to the wild that inspired Nick Ripatrozone’s new book is tucked in his very name. The rip-roaring surname is the name of a mountain town in central Italy, which the 40-year-old writer has visited.
WASHINGTON — In our modern, high-tech society, it turns out some students still have good penmanship. And the winners of this year's Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest, announced this May, have very good penmanship.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Lift each other up in the midst of trauma, poverty and injustice. That's the simple but profound advice from Michael Goar as he works through the anxiety and sorrow of clients and employees at the organization he leads, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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