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INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Expressing sorrow for the loss of life in yet another mass shooting in the U.S., this time at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Archbishop Charles C. Thompson prayed for the victims and their families.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Born in southeastern Nigeria, Obianuju Ekeocha said she was raised in a community where people are pro-life without even knowing that wording.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- What in some circles is called "humble confidence" in the United States articulating a strong human rights policy worldwide while owning up to times when the country hasn't lived up to its ideals may be the best way to go, said one panelist at an April 15 forum on human rights.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Eight programs administered by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops can now be supported through an online giving platform.

Foreign travel to Italy dropped almost 70% in 2020, and while many people hope vaccination campaigns will allow some form of recovery by late summer or early fall, no one is predicting a speedy recovery.

"At the heart of 'Fratelli Tutti' is the simple and beautiful vision of the Gospel -- that God our Father has created every human being with sanctity and dignity, with equal rights and duties, and that our Creator calls us to form a single human family in which we live as brothers and sisters."

Mounting his cellphone on a tripod on the flat roof, Father Shovelain prayed for the repose of the soul of Daunte Wright, 20, who was shot and killed April 11 while struggling with officers who were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant.

CLEVELAND (CNS) -- A trio of survivors of sexual abuse are inviting the Catholic Church -- from parishioners in the pews to the bishops who lead dioceses -- to join them on their journey toward healing and reconciliation.

The memorial will stand at the front of Mercy Health -- St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and is expected to be completed in September, according to Mercy Health officials.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Msgr. Kieran Harrington, vicar of communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, has been named national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) -- Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville offered prayers for a teenager who was killed and an injured police officer involved in a school shooting.

As the pandemic provoked shutdowns across the United States in March 2020, Jason's stress level began to climb.

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- Decrying a rise in racial violence especially against Asian Americans, including in San Francisco, a city that he said has always offered "a welcoming and stable home" to newcomers, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led a prayer service for unity, healing and peace April 10.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The annual gathering of Catholic educators from around the country April 6-8 was in many ways a tribute to how they have done their jobs this past year amid COVID-19.

CLEVELAND (CNS) -- A Kings Bay Plowshares participant convicted of federal charges stemming from a 2018 protest at a Georgia naval submarine base received a 21-month prison sentence.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that California's ban on at-home worship for Bible study groups or prayer groups violates the First Amendment's guarantee of the free exercise of religion.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The number of Holocaust survivors is dwindling but so, too, are those "righteous Gentiles" who saved Jews who were almost certain to perish, according to the son of one such survivor.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order April 9 announcing the formation of a commission to look into possible reforms to the Supreme Court, including the idea of expanding the court or instituting term limits for justices.

CHALATENANGO, El Salvador (CNS) -- Life in the northern mountains of El Salvador is a tranquil as it can get: There's little traffic but an abundance of tropical birds, fruits and lush hills.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Bullying in schools is nothing new, but in the COVID-19 era, it has taken different forms.