A family grieves their lost baby at a funeral at the crypt at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in New Orleans. Many friends, relatives, and families attended the funeral that day. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Compassionate… Burials for little ones: How a New Orleans ministry helps families grieve
Michael M. SantiagoA man seeking asylum from Colombia is detained by federal agents as he attends his court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Oct. 27, 2025, in New… DHS Official Justifies Immigration Enforcement With St. Augustine’s ‘City of God’
Compassionate Burials for Indigent BabiesA family grieves their lost baby at a funeral at the crypt at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in New Orleans. Many friends, relatives, and families attended the funeral that day. Funerals help… Burials for Little Ones: How a New Orleans Ministry Helps Families Grieve
Jack de Nijs for Anefo Pope Paul VI speaks during the Second Vatican Council as seen from this television screen. COMMENTARY: The declaration of religious freedom shattered the communist claim that there was no sanctuary… ‘Dignitatis Humanae’ Changing History
Mia Smothers is among the teens chosen to ask Pope Leo XIV questions at the National Catholic Youth Conference Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry Washington, D.C.… Teen anticipates speaking to Pope Leo XIV at upcoming National Catholic Youth Conference
GreenmarsThe SS Edmund Fitzgerald is seen in 1971. FEATURE: Fifty years after the freighter vanished in a November storm, the families left behind — ‘the wives and the sons and the daughters’ — say their… Edmund Fitzgerald at 50: ‘The Gales of November’ and the God Who Remembers
The statue of Pope Leo in Chiclayo, Peru, is surrounded by some of the people who attended its inauguration and blessing. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Provincial Municipality of Chiclayo ACI Prensa Staff, Nov… Imposing statue of Pope Leo XIV unveiled and blessed in Chiclayo, Peru
Vatican MediaPope Leo XIV addresses diocesan liturgy officials during an audience on Nov. 17, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. ‘We are well aware that liturgical formation is one of the main themes… Pope Leo Asks for Liturgy That Is ‘Sober in Its Solemnity’ While Respecting Popular Piety
LIGARI, Nigeria — The villagers in northwestern Nigeria were settling in for church service when motorcycle-riding gunmen invaded, shooting at random and seizing at least 62 people, including the pastor and several children. They were marched into… In the violence plaguing Nigeria, many say everyone — Christian or Muslim — is a potential victim
Indranil MukherjeeBangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures while speaking to the media a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections in Dhaka on Jan. 8, 2024. Bishop Kubi described the verdict as an abuse… Catholic Bishop Calls Sheikh Hasina Death Sentence ‘One-Sided’ and ‘Abuse of Power’