world news FeatureNewsSportsWorld News Loyola New Orleans wins NAIA title for first national basketball championship in 77 years Catholic News ServiceMarch 25, 20223 min read Top-seeded Loyola New Orleans beat No. 2-seed Talladega (Alabama) College, 71-56, to capture the NAIA men’s basketball championship. FeatureNewsRespect LifeSupreme CourtWorld News Court rules in favor of inmate’s prayer request during execution Carol ZimmermannMarch 25, 20225 min read The Supreme Court March 24 ruled in favor of a Texas prisoner who wanted his pastor to pray aloud over him and place his hands on him in the execution chamber. FeatureNewsObituariesUncategorizedWorld News Madeleine Albright is remembered as diplomat and teacher Carol ZimmermannMarch 24, 20226 min read Madeleine Albright, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the first female secretary of state and longtime professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, died March 23 in Washington. She was 84. FeatureNewsRespect LifeSupreme CourtWorld News Court nominee responds to questions about law, faith and abortion Carol ZimmermannMarch 24, 20226 min read The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began with introductory remarks March 21 followed by 13 hours of questioning the next day about her role as a judge and a public defender and her views on abortion, critical race theory and her own faith. Crisis in UkraineFeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsVaticanWorld News At train stations and borders, Ukrainians face human trafficking threat Catholic News ServiceMarch 23, 20225 min read Catholic leaders warn the exodus of Ukrainian women and children presents a prime opportunity for human trafficking, and they are taking steps to protect the refugees. FeatureNewsRespect LifeSupreme CourtWorld News Archbishop Lori joins USCCB president, committee chairmen to recommit church to pro-life initiatives Julie AsherMarch 22, 20227 min read As the nation awaits the U.S. Supreme Court’s most significant abortion ruling in decades, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of eight USCCB committees joined together “in prayer and expectant hope that states will again be able to protect women and children from the injustice of abortion.” Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Ukraine is ‘epicenter of spiritual challenge,’ nuncio says Junno Arocho EstevesMarch 22, 20225 min read The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not just a tragic conflict between two nations, but the center of a spiritual battle wrought by the forces of evil that have pitted brother against brother, said the apostolic nuncio to Ukraine. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Ukrainian president speaks with pope before addressing Italian leaders Carol GlatzMarch 22, 20222 min read Pope Francis telephoned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the president addressed the Italian parliament via video link March 22. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Opening Curia posts to laity, pope is implementing Vatican II, experts say Cindy WoodenMarch 21, 20224 min read A Vatican office led by a cardinal or archbishop has no more authority than one led by a layperson because all offices of the Roman Curia act in the name of the pope, said experts presenting Pope Francis’ new constitution on the Curia’s organization. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope promulgates Curia reform, emphasizing church’s missionary nature Cindy WoodenMarch 20, 20227 min read Nine years after taking office, Pope Francis promulgated his constitution reforming the Roman Curia, a project he began with his international College of Cardinals shortly after taking office in 2013. Previous 1 … 367 368 369 … 514 Next