3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1084+ words) Bishop Robert Boxie reflected on why the United States has so few Black Catholic bishops, citing “racism” as the short answer. “I really enjoy the gift of a Black Catholicism, Black Catholic spirituality, and it certainly does have a place…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (598+ words) This past Sept. 7, the “Creed of the Ecclesial Base Communities” was included as part of a Mass marking Brazil’s annual “Cry of the Excluded” event. On Sept. 7, Bishop José Valdeci Santos Mendes of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil, celebrated Mass as part…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (816+ words) The Holy Father received 147 bishops from five continents, participants in a formation course in Rome for new bishops. Pope Leo XIV said the first task bishops must place before every other responsibility is to “remain with Jesus,” because, he emphasized,…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1011+ words) Cardinal Peter Turkson, the chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome, said the Church should recognize the natural resources available in creation as gifts from God. ABUJA, Nigeria — Technology can help humanity transform the resources provided by God…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (237+ words) A coadjutor bishop serves alongside the current diocesan bishop and succeeds him after his retirement. Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday appointed a coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao, the third bishop nomination for the island of Puerto Rico in…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (641+ words) From singing together as students at a boarding school in the 1970s to being discovered by Sony in 2008 and making four albums, the priests have always sought to evangelize through sacred music. Nearly two decades after becoming an international musical phenomenon,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (473+ words) Sept. 5 marks the feast of Mother Teresa and the 10th anniversary of her canonization. On Sept. 5, Catholics around the world celebrate the feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta, popularly known as Mother Teresa, and this year marks 10 years since she was…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (747+ words) Archbishop François Sylla challenged the youth delegation to see themselves as active members of the Church as they head to the youth celebration in Ghana. CONAKRY, Guinea — The leader of Guinea’s Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry has urged 155 young Catholics from…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (107+ words) Mother Teresa's heroic work touched millions of lives around the world and deeply impacted those she called her friends. Jim Towey, a longtime friend, adviser, and legal counsel to Mother Teresa, joins to reflect on what struck him most when…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (406+ words) In collaboration with the Missionaries of Charity, the prayer social network Hozana has created a way to have petitions placed on St. Teresa’s tomb in India. Sept. 4 marks the 10th anniversary of the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta, an occasion…...