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By Zoey Maraist
The recently discovered St. Mary’s City Fort site reveals clues of how its first colonists lived.
Global
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis telephoned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the president addressed the Italian parliament via video link March 22. Andrii Yurash, Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See, tweeted that the conversation between the pope and president was “very promising.” The ambassador reported the pope was “praying and doing everything possible” to help […]
Parishes
By Zoey Maraist
Parishioners celebrate the feast day with a delicious Sicilian tradition.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Jesus asks people to turn away from evil and renounce the temptation to sin rather than blame God for terrible events, Pope Francis said. “Jesus says we need to look inside ourselves: It is sin that produces death; our selfishness can tear apart relationships; our wrong and violent choices can unleash evil. […]
National
By Emily Benson
CATSKILL, N.Y. — In the kitchen of St. Anthony’s Convent, the Sisters of Life gathered around the stainless steel countertops to discuss a vital issue: How do you cook bison? “We live by donations and someone donated bison of all things,” said Sister Madeleine Agnes, who sported a jean-styled kitchen apron over her typical navy […]
Global
By Fredrick Nzwili
NAIROBI, Kenya — Church workers are concerned because increasingly desperate South Sudanese are looting humanitarian aid supplies and attacking aid workers in an effort to get food. Some leading causes of the food shortages are armed conflict and climate change. While the violence resulting from the conflict has hurt livelihoods and caused deaths, climate change-induced […]
National
By Joyce Coronel
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The power of prayer plus the aid of technology united two families thousands of miles apart in an international rescue operation. And it was all at the instigation of two 12-year-old girls. Sixth-grade students at St. John XXIII Catholic School in Scottsdale, Lexi Bastian and Zofia Pajic are classmates. When Lexi offered […]
Global
By Jonathan Luxmoore
WARSAW, Poland — A Ukrainian priest described escaping from his bombed-out parish in Mariupol and said he still hopes some Catholics will survive the relentless Russian onslaught. Pauline Father Pavlo Tomaszewski said the decision to leave was not easy, “but when they started shelling the whole city, we realized we’d have to go.” “They bombed […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Nine years after taking office, Pope Francis promulgated his constitution reforming the Roman Curia, a project he began with his international College of Cardinals shortly after taking office in 2013. “Praedicate Evangelium” (“Preach the Gospel”), which was published only in Italian by the Vatican March 19, will go into effect June 5, […]
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Next Friday, March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during an evening penance service at Saint Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis has invited all bishops and priests throughout the world to join him in this consecration. In union with our Holy Father, Bishop […]
