In October, the offended family took their case to the media because a priest had refused to accept Noelia, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome, as a godmother.
The Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria has announced the release of two young seminarians who were abducted in July during an armed attack on a seminary.
The Archdiocese of Dubuque is in the midst of a restructuring plan called the “Journey in Faith” initiative that will result in parish mergers and other major changes.
After 400 years, Mary Ward’s two foundations have united as a single congregation strengthening the sisters’ global mission of service.
Cardinal Robert McElroy, the 71-year-old archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been diagnosed with cancer but has a good prognosis for recovery.
Texas voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 15, the Parental Rights Amendment, with more than 72% in favor.
Auxiliary Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez Camino of Madrid noted that “if we know the history of the martyrs, we will recover evangelical strength.”
Pope Leo XIV appealed on Wednesday for the international community not to abandon the people of Myanmar as the country’s civil war enters its fifth year.
Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly of the Knights of Columbus said that young men are “lost” and need “purpose and mission.”
Cardinal Dominik Duka, one of the last cardinals from former Czechoslovakia, passed away at the age of 82 on Nov. 4.
Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė, a mother of six and pro-life advocate, has been appointed Lithuania’s vice minister of justice, drawing praise from Catholic leaders.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, won his bid for mayor of New York City on Nov. 4.