A vehicle crashed into a crowd waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.
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Catholic leaders welcome ‘focus on service’ at king’s coronation
Catholic leaders in Britain welcomed the ecumenical and interfaith elements in the May 6 coronation of King Charles III and his consort, Queen Camilla, as well as a pledge by the new monarch “not to be served but to serve.”
Vigil walkers demand justice for slain Fabián Sánchez–González
Led by the mother, father and other family members of a 23-year-old Catholic who was shot and killed while working at a T-Mobile in Canton, nearly 80 people walked through the streets of East Baltimore May 7 in a peaceful call for change.
Jesus shows what path to take, especially in times of trouble, pope says
Christians have no need to be afraid or hopeless because Jesus always tells the faithful where they are going and how to get there, Pope Francis said.
Deacon Frederick Schoennagel, ‘Deacon Pop,’ dies at 88
Deacon Frederick Schoennagel Jr., a longtime deacon who served at St.Thomas More, Baltimore; Church of the Annunciation, Rosedale, and, most recently, St. John the Evangelist, Hydes, died May 2.
RADIO INTERVIEW: V8s for Vocations
Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Father Matthew Keller, the car buff who founded V8s for Vocations, about the impetus for the program and this year’s raffle prize car, a 1957 Chevy.
Dallas bishop reacts to mass shooting at mall with ‘heavy heart,’ urges ‘prayers for peace’ in communities
Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns addressed the faithful of the diocese “with a heavy heart” late May 6 after at least eight people, including a child, were killed during a mass shooting that afternoon at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas.
Despite new EPA rule to reduce toxic pollution, Catholic activist says fight to protect communities far from over
Rise St. James describes itself as “fighting for environmental justice as it works to defeat the proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish, Louisiana.”
New eucharistic procession aims to bring Christ into the U.S. capital’s public square
Unlike large processions that circle churches, the procession Father Trullols has in mind aims to bring the Eucharistic Jesus literally out into the public square.
Catholic universities must be missionary in spirit, pope says
Catholic universities must be outward looking and prepare their students to engage with the world’s problems rather than teaching rigid ideas, Pope Francis said.
From food distribution to trauma therapy, Ukrainian priest is on wound-healing mission for displaced Ukrainians
For many Ukrainians pouring westward to flee conflict, the baroque 18th-century church with its distinct twin bell towers, standing tall above the old city’s red rooftops, proved a natural beacon for those propelled far from home.
Church must protect its huge audiovisual archives, media assets, pope says
There is real “cultural urgency” for the entire Catholic Church to preserve its audiovisual, documentary and other media archives and assets, Pope Francis said.