On Wednesday, August 31, Pope Francis issued a Moto Proprio establishing a new Vatican dicastery with special responsibility for the plight of migrants and refugees. Also included in the new office announced today will be
Two Catholic nuns have been found dead in a home they shared near Jackson, Mississippi--the apparent victims of homicide. The sisters, both nurse practitioners, were not shot; but authorities have not yet explained how they
At least 120 people have died and hundreds have been injured in an earthquake in central Italy, as three towns were reduced to rubble early Wednesday; and the death toll is likely to rise as
Today Catholics celebrate the Memorial of the Queenship of the Virgin Mary. Is this some idiosyncratic idea, unique to the Catholic Church? No. Pope Pius XII established August 22 as the Memorial of the Queenship
Happy to report a victory in court this week for Kim Davis, the county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky, who gained international attention last year when she refused to issue marriage licenses to three same-sex
On Wednesday morning, August 17, Pope Francis established a new Pontifical Council on the Laity, the Family and Life, and appointed Dallas' Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell as its head. Effective September 1, the new Vatican
An employee at a wastewater treatment facility in South Carolina has made a grisly discovery: Two fetuses have been found at the Plum Island Wastewater Treatment Plant on James Island, near Charleston. The pre-born infants, believed to
Elvis Presley, the cultural icon whose hip-swaying performance on the Ed Sullivan Show changed the face of rock music, died on this date in 1977, thirty-nine years ago. He was only 42, and died of a heart attack
On August 15, Catholics celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Most years (although not this year, since it falls on a Monday), the date is a holy day of obligation.
In case you missed it: A judge of the Irish High Court has ruled that the rights of the unborn extend "well beyond the right to life alone." Those rights, he added, are "significant" and must
