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"Why should we be anxious about money, fame, success, all of which will fade away? Why should we waste time complaining about the night, when the light of day awaits us?" he asked.

St, Andrew and St. Peter were brothers and are the example of fraternity between East and West.

Memory, not nostalgia, helps Christians work for God's kingdom, pope says

Experts are divided on the U.S. bishops’ conference decision to create a working group to navigate the relationship with president-elect Joe Biden.

Vatican investigators have been granted full access to Swiss banking documentation related to long-time Vatican investment manager Enrico Crasso and Cardinal Becciu.

As 13 men prepare to become Cardinals on Saturday, Covid-19 restrictions promise to make the event slightly unusual, though not unprecedented.

"This ruling is a huge victory in the battle to stop taxpayer funding of America's biggest abortion business -- Planned Parenthood," Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement.

Policy benchmarks developed from a study of sexual harassment and misconduct at seminaries and religious houses of formation in the United States are being promoted as a way to stem the abuses that came to light recently about former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

La iglesia mexicana y los funcionarios cívicos cancelaron las celebraciones de la fiesta pública de la patrona de México en su santuario en la Ciudad de México debido a la pandemia de COVID-19.

Waking up early one morning, I sat in near silence as the sun rose over the copper-colored beams that form the wall between Arizona and Mexico.

What should be surprising, however, is that all of their self-reporting took place before the coronavirus pandemic struck in March, resulting in thousands of school districts nationwide shifting on the fly to online learning -- which, of course, requires screens.

The Vatican confirmed that a bishop recently ordained in China is in full communion with the pope and that more Vatican-approved nominations would be coming.

"Joyful Momentum: Growing and Sustaining Vibrant Women's Groups" by Elizabeth A. Tomlin. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2020). 157 pp., $16.95.

Sarah McCauley, su esposo, y sus dos hijos normalmente dividen el fin de semana de Acción de Gracias entre dos grandes reuniones familiares en Minnesota y Wisconsin.

As the number of COVID-19 cases rises dramatically in the U.S., Canada and around the world, government officials almost universally have returned to stricter lockdowns, with U.S. officials even urging families to reconsider how many people to host on Thanksgiving dinner or perhaps cancel the holiday meal altogether.

While confusion has arisen in recent days in the media over "the moral permissibility" of using the COVID-19 vaccines just announced by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna, it is not "immoral to be vaccinated with them," the chairmen of the U.S. bishops' doctrine and pro-life committees said Nov. 23.

Mexico's bishops, the Mexico City government and other religious and civil authorities have announced the closure of the basilica Dec. 10-13, 2020, due to COVID-19 concerns. Normally an estimated 8 million pilgrims visit the basilica for the Dec. 12 feast of the national patroness.

For the past 33 years, the Sisters, working alongside dedicated faculty and staff, have participated in and spearheaded the spiritual, academic and emotional growth of each of the children at Loretto Catholic School, Douglas, Arizona.

A Nigerian nun working in Ghana urged parents of children with disabilities to see their situation as gift from God and not a curse.