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Jesus' invitation to 'come and see' arrives in many envelopes. The one I opened invited me to explore intimacy with Christ in silence and solitude. Lebh Shomea House of Prayer [...]

On the pull-down computer projection screen at the front of their classroom, a group of Fordham University seniors learn that scientists at the State University of New York's Downstate Medical [...]

At least five former students telephone Jeff Cornwall or show up in his office here every week. Many are recent graduates of the University of St. Thomas' elite College of [...]

In a contest for most beautiful diocese, Juneau--with its glaciers, rain forests, fjords, lakes, mountains, rivers, waterfalls and wildlife--could win, hands down. But the challenges of ministering to 5,500 Catholics [...]

When hijackers cut down the lives of some 3,000 persons in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, they also cut short the dreams of thousands of refugees once [...]

Nearly a year after the World Trade Center towers collapsed, the aftershocks of the terrorist attacks are still being felt in the hearts and psyches of millions of New Yorkers [...]

Albert and Rebecca Ramirez like to visit the Sarajevo Catholic Cathedral whenever they get a chance. The church offers a place of spiritual respite in the aftermath of war and [...]

For Arleen Hynes the essence of the spiritual life lies in making holy the here and now, in her own daily life and that of others. The 85-year-old Benedictine sister […]

The notion of commingling the ashes of the dead and mixing them together in a communal urn runs counter to America's burial tradition and its spirit of rugged individualism Bur [...]

On the corporal works of mercy 'to do' list, the one least likely to be fulfilled by countless Catholics during the designated Year of Mercy is that of visiting those [...]

BLOOMFIELD, NJ. * If a prize is ever presented for 'protester prodigy,' Sr. Megan Rice may well be in the running. The Holy Child Jesus sister, now 85, has been [...]

BLOOMINGDALE, Ohio -- There aren't a lot of signs along the way, unlike the roads around some tourist attractions. To find this place, you must cross three bridges on a [...]

The people of St. Verena's Parish in Volkertshausen, a small town in southwest Germany, want what every Catholic parish wants -- a Sunday eucharistic celebration. But their young pastor, Fr. [...]

NEW YORK - It was 3 a.m. Oct. 7. Wake-up calls alerted television crews in several rooms of the Sheraton New York Hotel in midtown Manhattan. A bus would be [...]

AUSTIN, TEXAS--Fr. Ed Nowak agrees with the University of Texas motto: 'What starts here changes the world.' The Paulist priest, who directs the University Catholic Center, need only step outside [...]

NEW YORK * His lips are moving. His gaze is upward. The man's face is grim under the shiny white helmet designating him a firefighters' chaplain. His Roman collar tells [...]

LOUISVILLE, KY * The International Thomas Merton Society wants to make sure there will be readers of Merton's work and exponents of his thought among future generations. Among the 500 [...]

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- When Thomas Merton's body and possessions were returned to his home at Gethsemani Abbey in December 1968, his personal effects were estimated to be worth less than [...]

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N J. -- While headlines and social media outlets broadcast the beheadings, burnings, kidnappings and other barbarous acts performed by the Islamic State, the rise of the group [...]

TENAFLY, NJ. -- In an era of economic and church downsizing, of ongoing violence and continued inequalities among the races, it may sound naive--or much too late--to ask black and [...]

No one knows the number of sons and daughters of Catholic priests in the United States or in the world, but what is known is that hundreds--perhaps thousands--of these offspring [...]

Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, the Maryknoll priest who was suspended from the priesthood in 1985 because he was serving in the Nicaraguan government, has died. He was 84. D'Escoto died June [...]

CHICAGO -- Clad in traditional brown Franciscan robes, Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, seemed at home among the rainbow of colors at New Ways Ministry's eighth annual symposium here [...]

DALLAS -- She strums her guitar. She keeps time with a pair of rhythm sticks. She greets her students in song. She uses sign language in presenting the lyrics of [...]

Whether by fate, fire or divine intervention, two perfectly symmetrical iron cross beams -- one from One World Trade Center, the other from Six World Trade Center -- were fused [...]

In New York, church supports survivors, prepares for funerals While people at Ground Zero continue to deal with the grim reality of finding body parts rather than survivors of the […]

What do people do when the world is collapsing into a carpet of glass shards, bricks and metal? As a specter that some compared to Dante's Inferno, others to the [...]

`More of a priest with no hands than I ever was with two hands' There are times when Fr. Michael Lapsley would like to clap, pat himself or another person [...]

While Oklahoma leads the nation in executions carried out so far this year -- 13 -- serious questions about the way capital punishment is administered are being raised at the […]

In march to Holy See's U.N. headquarters, group calls for independant fact-finding commission Demanding that the Vatican act to end sexual violence against nuns by priests, about 150 demonstrators marched [...]

Fr. John Hotchkin, 66, executive director of the U.S. Bishop's Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, died of severe bronchitis June 24 in Washington. In 35 years of ecumenical leadership, [...]

ARSON has been blamed for the freshman dormitory fire that killed three students and injured 50 others at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J., on Jan. 19, 2000. After [...]

Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox church leaders took their concerns about the armed struggle between Israelis and Palestinians to Secretary of State Colin Powell earlier June 7. In response to a [...]

Two-thirds of all dioceses now have lay formation programs A little-known organization that represents a workforce of over 100,000 Catholic adults in the U.S. church held its 25th anniversary conference [...]

Minnesota Benedictines back calligrapher's dream Of inscribing, illuminating a Bible for the ages Collegeville, Minn. More than a thousand worshipers gathered here in late April, in St. Johns Abbey and [...]

Catholic university settles English-only suit A Catholic university in Texas has denied any discriminatory wrongdoing against 18 Hispanic housekeepers after agreeing to pay a $2.44 million court settlement. The settlement [...]

The women on the cover of Phyllis Zagano's book Holy Saturday are not afraid. Unlike many depictions of the women who went to anoint Jesus' body, these women have purpose [...]

God gave him signs and used a hammer Tennessee is not crowded with priests and nuns so Robert Bathe did not grow up in their company. Bathe was already 20 [...]

Geoffrey Clement spent the first decade of his adult life striving after money, influence and titles. He succeeded in both the military and in the cash culture of Wall Street. [...]

No one is at home to take your call right now. If you would like to leave a message for Sr. Ursula, press 1. For Sr. Mercy, press 2. For [...]

Colleen Quinlivan knew from age 7 that she wanted to be just like Sr. Luann, the Benedictine nun who walked into her second grade classroom in St. Cloud, Minn., and [...]

Nigerian gives thanks for community No question is so difficult or personal that Dominican Sr. Uchenna Okereke won't answer it. Daily in religion classes, in the hallways and in chapel [...]

Renee Daigle is not about to apologize for what's wonderful about her life. 'I get a full night's sleep. I know when I go to bed I won't be awakened [...]

Bishops will standardize mandatum procedures To seek or not seek a mandatum. That is the question occupying theologians at Catholic colleges and universities across the land this semester. Obtaining a […]

Priest may sue church, California court rules A California appellate court has ruled that a priest who was placed on administrative leave after reporting suspected child abuse to the police [...]

Religious ideals larger than church's rules for some Though many Catholics who deviate from traditional marriage norms gravitate toward more liberal churches, many others, unwilling to abandon the familiar comforts [...]

Arizona priest faces charges of molestation A Tucson, Ariz., diocesan priest is scheduled to appear in court in Yuma Country Jan. 8 to face a criminal complaint accusing him of [...]

For Fr. John Giuliani, icon painter and leader of a popular worship center in southwestern Connecticut, a foray into iconography began as an aid to living alone. Giuliani had studied [...]

Dallas "Thanks be to God," sang the Psalmist David in the most spirited texts of the Hebrew Bible. Whether gazing upon his surroundings, realizing his good fortune or suffering afflictions, […]

Globe-trotting Newark archbishop has affinity for politics An elderly, globe-trotting, multi-lingual church leader who is conservative in theology and sexual ethics but progressive in matters of justice and human rights […]