The brief detention by immigration officials of a Catholic religious sister in south Texas continues to reverberate through immigrant Catholic communities, with Sister Norma Pimentel saying the experience left lasting emotional scars and heightened fears…
March for Life president steps down to focus on family Jennie Bradley Lichter, the president of the March for Life, is stepping down to devote more time to her family as a “full-time mom,” the…
eskystudioThe Massachusetts State House stands on Beacon Hill in downtown Boston in an undated photograph. The measure, if signed by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, will remove the last few restrictions on abortion in the state…
The Massachusetts government this week moved to strip all restrictions from abortion and allow the procedure up until birth so long as a doctor approves of it. The state Senate passed Bill H.5595 on July…
Mother Angelica, then-Rita Rizzo with Rhoda Wise. ‘If it weren’t for Rhoda Wise, there would be no EWTN,’ O’Neill noted. ‘So it’s quite a connection.’
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan court on Friday sentenced a former police chief and a former top Defense Ministry official to death after finding them guilty of criminal negligence that allowed Islamic State-inspired…
A public dispute over the construction of an Islamic mosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico, boiled over into violence earlier this month when a local resident reportedly drew a gun during an altercation with an employee…
Pope Leo XIV received American singer, poet, and artist Patti Smith in a private audience at the Vatican on Friday, July 31. The meeting lasted about 40 minutes at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, according to…
Oma Al-QattaaDisplaced Palestinian women mourn loved ones killed in an Israeli airstrike, prior to being taken for burial from the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on June 18, 2026. A ceasefire has been in place…
ROME — Rock legend Patti Smith was giddy and almost at a loss for words when she met Friday with Pope Leo XIV. “Hi,” she said softly as she sat down across from Leo at…