Just as the coldest weather in more than 30 years brought new misery to asylum-seekers stranded in a refugee camp in Mexico, an end to their plight may be in sight.

The Virginia General Assembly passed a final version of a bill that will abolish the death penalty in the state. There is expected to be a public signing ceremony with Gov. Ralph Northam in April.

El 20 de febrero, los obispos católicos de Texas dijeron que la generosidad de sus compatriotas Tejanos que acuden a ayudar a sus vecinos, incluso aunque ellos también tengan que lidiar con sus propias necesidades durante la histórica tormenta invernal, "es realmente edificante". 

A pesar de los desafíos planteados por la pandemia de COVID-19 y las preocupaciones de seguridad, el papa Francisco sigue con planes de visitar Irak, una oportunidad que se le negó a sus predecesores.

President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a speech from the White House Feb. 22, the day the nation reached, and then passed, what he called the "truly grim, heartbreaking milestone" of 500,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19.

Catholic bishops in Malaysia urged the government to refrain from deporting hundreds of Myanmar nationals, including refugees and asylum-seekers, reported ucanews.com.

The Burton family from Lake Charles, Louisiana, were on the way home from a New Mexico skiing vacation when the worst winter storm in recent Texas history brought the state to a perpetual halt.

For 2020, the Vatican ran a deficit of $60 million (the data is reported in Euro, so that’s 49.7 million Euro). The total income for the year was $315 million and expenses came to $375 million, hence the deficit.

During a Feb. 22 evening program on CNN, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a prayer for those who have died from COVID-19 asking God to "grant enteral peace to all our sisters and brothers lost to this disease."

Incluso con muchos signos esperanzadores recientes sobre las vacunas y la reducción en el número de casos de COVID-19, no hay una fecha segura en la que se pueda declarar el fin de la pandemia de coronavirus.

Los cristianos nunca deben entrar en un diálogo con el diablo, sino que deben luchar contra las tentaciones con las mismas armas espirituales que usó Jesús en el desierto, dijo el papa Francisco.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills' Feb. 12 executive order that she explained would expand limits on church gatherings does little to help the state's Catholic churches, Bishop Robert P. Deeley of Portland said.

This matter "will soon rest in the hands of a judge or jury," the archbishop said.

Just as it was in much of American society this past year, the financial toll exacted by the coronavirus pandemic affected poor parishes and dioceses more starkly than it did larger and more well-to-do Catholic institutions.

As news spread of COVID-19's toll on vulnerable populations, the health of 73-year-old great-grandmother Carol Craig was of great concern to her 8-year-old great-granddaughter.

An ongoing series of discussions between New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond and Kevin Bourgeois, the leader of the New Orleans chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, has led to a significant broadening and restructuring of Archdiocese of New Orleans' response to abuse survivors.

The Catholic bishops of Texas said Feb. 20 that the generosity of their fellow Texans reaching out to help their neighbors, even while they are also managing their own needs during a historic winter storm, "is truly edifying."

A priest related to Princes William and Harry took a major step closer to sainthood when Pope Francis declared him venerable.

On Feb. 1, Myanmar refugee and Indianapolis resident Paul Hnin scrolled through news articles online when a headline seized him with shock and fear: The Myanmar military had overthrown the country's democratic government.

An African faiths environmental institute is calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stop funding green revolution technologies and genetically modified seeds for the continent, but instead support natural methods to help Africa achieve food sufficiency and protect its environments.