Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the church’s commitment to serving populations suffering violence.
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Sister Paula Slama, D.C., who taught in Baltimore, dies at 90
Sister Paula Slama, a Daughter of Charity who taught and served as a docent in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died April 17 at St. Louise House in Albany, N.Y. She was 90.
‘Patients are … dying in front of my eyes,’ says India hospital director
Catholic hospital directors in India told Catholic News Service they did not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set records for the number of COVID-19 deaths — numbers many people believe were underreported.
‘The Way Back,’ ‘Pray,’ Dolly Parton special win Christopher Awards
The feature film “The Way Back,” a documentary on Father Patrick Peyton, and a Christmas special featuring Dolly Parton were among this year’s Christopher Award winners.
Pray, be poor, be close to the people, pope tells new priests
The priesthood “is not a career, it is a service,” Pope Francis told nine men just before ordaining them to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rome.
Gunmen in South Sudan wound bishop-designate weeks before his installation
Unidentified gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, shot him in both legs and fled, according to church news reports.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Catholic themes in Shakespeare
As we commemorate the bard’s birthday in April, Christopher Gunty talks Shakespeare with Sean Lewis, associate professor of English at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, and Robert Miola, professor of English and a lecturer in classics at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
The quest to be ‘somebody’ online forgets who we really are
Our dignity comes from the fact that God has created us and we have a soul that is cherished by him. The fact that young people seek YouTube stardom so passionately should be a wake-up call to the church.
The cicadas are coming and other poems (7 Quick Takes)
7 poems sharing 7 topics on my mind, including the impending arrival of the cicadas
After 75-year delay, WWII veteran receives Bronze Star
Seventy-five years after Melvin Jonczak Sr. put his life in peril in World War II, he finally received recognition for that service.
Pope celebrates name day at Vatican vaccination clinic
Celebrating his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis was serenaded by hundreds of Rome’s most vulnerable residents and the people who assist them.
The gift of infertility
There is an emptiness and sorrow to infertility that is hard to describe.