4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (914+ words) Touring the U.S.–Mexico border between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg said the towering fortifications and razor wire dividing the two border communities evoked a painful memory in his own country’s history: the Berlin…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (582+ words) As artificial intelligence accelerates changes in the workplace, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said the coming transformation of labor raises a fundamental question about the future of human work. “Will there be meaningful work left?” the archbishop of Washington asked during his…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1374+ words) The offering placed before the altar on Sept. 11, 2001, was unlike any ever seen at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Manhattan’s Financial District: the lifeless body of 68-year-old Franciscan friar and New York City Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal Judge. He…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (365+ words) Pope Leo XIV said Aug. 24 that recognizing Jesus in the face of each person with disabilities helps to advance society. In a meeting with the Marsodeto Federation, a Spanish nongovernmental organization that supports people with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1468+ words) MINNEAPOLIS — Four leaders had barely arrived at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis when they found themselves helping a wounded community to heal and find a way toward hope. A shooting during an all-school Mass that took the lives of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (985+ words) CHICAGO — As the new school year starts in multiple Catholic districts across the country, 2025’s deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during the parish school’s all-school Mass has kept safety and security on the minds of some Catholic…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (556+ words) When I pulled up to the high school that my two oldest sons attend in downtown Minneapolis, the excitement was buzzing. Students were clapping and cheering for their classmates as they entered the doors for the first day. Teachers and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (483+ words) CLAYMONT — Archmere Academy is a familiar place to Dan Hickey, who is in the early days of his third stretch at the Claymont school. His first stint at Archmere was as a student in the late 1980s. He returned as a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (757+ words) Prior to Bishop O’Connell, Bishop (Thomas) Daly (of Spokane) took a very keen interest in an evangelization effort to those who are religiously unaffiliated or disaffiliated from the Church, with a special focus on young adults and youth. He said…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (736+ words) NEWARK — Joe Rodia has been big on community his entire life. From his neighborhood in Southwest Philadelphia to his Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in West Chester, Pa., to the various schools where he’s worked, “community” has been a common…...