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St. Austin Catholic Church and School once the construction project was underway.

Unused Church properties find new purpose amid serious real estate challenges

Dec 11, 2024

By María J. Moriarty

Declining congregations, shifting demographics, and aging infrastructure have left thousands of Church properties underutilized or vacant. Read more

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A depiction of the Baptism of the Lord is prominently placed in the new Church of the Baptism in Jordan during the church’s inauguration on Jan. 10, 2025.

New church in Jordan reflects national desire for closer ties with Christendom

Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas.

Catholic bishops issue immigration reform guidance: Safeguard communities in humane way

Archbishop José Gomez delivers the homily at a special Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels amid burning fires in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Los Angeles archbishop: Catholics called to be God’s ‘instruments’ during deadly wildfires

Tess Livingstone, author of “George Cardinal Pell: Pax Invictis” (“Peace to the Unconquered”).

‘He was a builder’: Cardinal George Pell remembered by biographer 2 years after death

The 52nd annual March for Life will have as its theme “Every Life: Why We March.”

2025 March for Life speakers include Gov. Ron DeSantis, Rep. Chris Smith, Lila Rose

An African nun prays the rosary. On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria.

Appeal for ‘fervent prayers’ issued for religious sisters kidnapped in southeastern Nigeria

Pope Francis greets young cancer patients who are on pilgrimage from Poland to Rome during a Jan. 10, 2025, audience at the Vatican.

Pope Francis tells pediatric cancer patients they are ‘witnesses of hope’

President Joe Biden speaks to the media on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires at the White House on Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Biden cancels trip to Italy and meeting with Pope Francis amid deadly California wildfires

Pope Francis watches as performers put on a show at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

The elephant that captivated the pope and lived in the Vatican gardens

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Researchers underscore link between decline of marriage, plummeting fertility rates

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