Nation/World

There are two ways to look at what is happening in the United States and across the world with the coronavirus pandemic. You can see it as a massive panic bordering on overreaction as people cut each other off out of fear. Or you can see it…

During the meeting of the Mariological Society of America back in May 2019, I had the opportunity to visit Holy Cross Family Ministries and learn more about the life and legacy of the “Rosary Priest,” Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC. Part of our…

Donations to assist the victims of Hurricane Dorian can be sent to Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities USA. Also, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Disaster Services Corporation (DSC) is ready to respond to events such as…

There was no reason why Thomas would become a Christian. Although he knew of a famous Catholic church in town — a holdover from a much earlier age when foreign missionaries were free to evangelize China — he lived in a society where the…

Where were you when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? (I was not yet born.) When 9/11 happened? (I was in seventh grade social studies class.) Add to that list: “Where were you when you heard Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was on…

BOSTON — A $26 million project to renovate the Cathedral of the Holy Cross is on track for completion by Palm Sunday in time for Holy Week liturgies. The main sanctuary of the cathedral is due to reopen in April with a first Mass scheduled…

As the world reels from the recent terrorism against New Zealand mosques, we, once again offer these prayer resources for our readers. Below is prayer composed by our colleague at Twenty-Third Publications, Dan Connors. Here also is a…

The leader of the United States Catholic bishops’ board that provides advice on child protection said it will take the Church “at least one or two generations” to get through the clergy abuse crisis currently engulfing it.  Francesco…

The World Youth Day celebration opens in Panama on Tuesday, one day before Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive there and just months after the bishops' synod special assembly on young people. Wealthier and more politically stable than its…