The country of Zambia, in southeastern Africa, is twenty-eight times the size of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in area.

Last Monday, June 2, marked the 150th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of James Augustine Healy as the second Bishop of Portland, Maine. James Augustine Healy was born into slavery in Jones ...

I've returned to Los Angeles. My knees are still sore -- possibly more from the long flights than from walking. I'm not entirely at rest, but the house is quiet. The dog -- more of a silent pr ...

Every time Father Bill Joy visited a new country with Catholic Relief Services, the locals always wanted to know two things: If he knew the pope, and if he knew Michael Jordan. Father Jo ...

As headlines in major U.S. publications on May 8 blared that the first pope from the U.S. had been elected, newspapers in Peru, where he is a citizen, begged to differ.

The third week of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off amid protests in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 30 with a 5.5-mile procession from the University of Tulsa to H ...

When Archbishop Richard G. Henning looks out at the sea, he thinks of the words from the beginning of the Book of Genesis: ...

At the end of Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Hull on June 8, Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Father Scott Euvrard made an announcement honoring the contributions of an individual that d ...

The rules of the Girls Empowerment Club at Bellesini Academy in Lawrence are helpfully explained by two colorful contracts written in marker, one for the sixth graders and one for the seve ...

Up to seven people were killed and up to 13 injured in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv and Odesa June 10, which also damaged the historic Holy Wisdom Cathedral, also known as ...

The U.S. bishops urged House and Senate leaders in a June 9 letter to remember that while artificial intelligence presents opportunities, it also presents challenges. The bis ...

Every papal diplomat around the world must let people know that the Catholic Church is always on the side of the marginalized ...