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Collected food and medical supplies will go to aid the suffering people of Beirut.
WARSAW, Poland -- Cardinal Maurice Piat of Port-Louis, Mauritius, has praised public responses to an oil spill that devastated the island's coastline, as one prominent lay Catholic demanded "honest information" about the disaster.
The St. Isidore of Seville Diocesan Virtual School is scheduled to open Sept. 8.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Jaime Morales grew up in Mexico. Today, he lives in Wyoming, and has been a Knight of Columbus for more than 15 years. Whether by helping with fundraisers or building a pregnancy resource center, he has committed himself to serving others.
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church has always been very cautious when it comes to judging reported Marian apparitions
The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on other, "more widespread social diseases," particularly attacks on the God-given human dignity of every person, Pope Francis said. "The pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected we all are. If we do not take care of each other, starting with the least — those who are most affected, including creation — we cannot heal the world," the pope said Aug. 12 at his weekly general audience.
KNOCK, Ireland -- The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway.
WASHINGTON -- Thirty-seven days after his liver transplant, Father John Mack could catalog the things he can do in recovery.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Scripture really came alive Aug. 9 for Catholics in Charlotte.
An important encounter
Few of Jesus’ interactions with people in the Gospels are more jarring than the one presented us this week. We are used to Christ as the understanding, merciful one who supports and encourages the poor. So when he initially refuses the request of this woman in trouble, even as she cries out “Lord, help me,” we can easily be troubled.