The Church grants a plenary indulgence just for visiting a cemetery during Nov. 1-8 and praying for the dead. All we need to ...

As Hurricane Melissa continued its devastating course through the Caribbean, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the ...

Father Mike will host the fourth season of the "Catholic Classics" podcast, focusing on the 15th-century spiritual classic ...

Archbishop Ryan Jimenez on Thursday expressed sorrow and prayers for the victims of a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, which killed two children and injured at least 17 others. The ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The specific points made by the Catholic bishops are widely heard in Nigeria among ...

A free speech advocacy group warned that book censorship in public schools across the United States has become "rampant and common," with book bans increasing significantly over the last few years.

A new report from PEN America tracks restrictions on school books across 45 states. By Elizabeth A. Harris Restrictions on books in public schools have become “rampant and common,” according to a new ...

That means it’s time to gather all the book worms in your life and get ready for a multiday celebration. The Word On The Street (WOTS) celebration is taking place for two days on Sept. 27 and 28 as it ...

COIMBATORE: In a veiled dig at AIADMK members who allegedly threatened and attacked ‘108’ ambulance drivers in Vellore and Tiruchy, DMK cadres offered prayers at the Anaimalai Masani Amman Temple on ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Moments after rifle blasts reverberated inside a Minneapolis church, Catholic school children wearing plaid jumpers and green polo shirts ducked into pews, some jumping atop friends ...

The mayor of Minneapolis has called for a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons after a deadly school shooting. Two children, aged eight and 10, were killed during mass at Annunciation Catholic ...

MINNEAPOLIS – In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new school year.