A May 23 blaze destroyed the Chapel of the Resurrected Christ at the outdoor Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Community members gathered in Uvalde, Texas, to pray and honor the 21 lives taken last year in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

On Pentecost Sunday, May 28, America Media will launch a weekly podcast to help Christian preachers develop their craft “and captivate their congregations in more effective ways,” said a news release announcing the podcast.

Fifty years after the U.S. withdrew its troops from Vietnam, a New York priest says his combat experience there continues to shape his pastoral ministry.

Pope Francis called the migration crisis between Mexico and the United States a “serious problem” and praised a U.S. bishop working along the border during an interview with Telemundo journalist Julio Vaqueiro.

The pope responded to questions from young people May 25 during a meeting with participants in the Scholas Occurrentes movement.

Two days after the South Carolina Senate passed a six-week ban on most abortions in a 27-19 vote late May 23, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the measure into law.

While the release of the working document for the Synod of Bishops on synodality is expected sometime in early June, Pope Francis tried to respond to some of the questions and concerns about the synod process that already have been raised.

Despite its growing use, the abortion pill’s safety has been repeatedly called into question by pro-life doctors and advocates since the FDA’s approval in 2000 of mifepristone.

People must end the “senseless war against creation” and help victims of environmental and climate injustice, Pope Francis said.