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OXFORD, England — Spanish church leaders urged prayers and national unity after two terrorist attacks left at least 19 people dead.   Pope Francis, U.S. bishops and others weighed in with prayers and rejection of the Aug. 17 attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, where cars drove into pedestrians. The Islamic State group claimed credit for […]

U.S. Catholic parishes and schools located in the 70-mile-wide path of the total solar eclipse Aug. 21 plan to take part in this rare event with everything from providing parking spaces or viewing sites to offering overnight retreats or all-day events with family activities or scientific lectures.

With millions of people fleeing violence, persecution and poverty around the globe, individual nations must expand options that make it possible for migrants and refugees to cross their borders safely and legally, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis offered his condolences and his prayers to the people of Sierra Leone after flooding and a major mudslide Aug. 14 led to the deaths of hundreds of people and displaced thousands.

Dominican Sister of Peace Gladys Carmen Aragon died at ODU East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 14. She was born in CienFuegas, Cuba April 18, 1930, and entered the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de’Ricci, now the Dominican Sisters of Peace, in 1959.   Sister Carmen ministered on the staff at Dominican Retreat in McLean […]

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