The Vatican has clarified the current legal situation of its former nuncio to the Dominican Republic Josef Wesolowski and has denied allegations made in the U S and other media that it acted in an improper way that prevents him being subjected to judicial process in the Latin American state or in

To celebrate the 50 anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops rsquo USCCB Subcommittee on African American Affairs will release a series of resources to highlight the achievements of the Civil Rights era and its connections to the Catholic Church Over the

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami Chair of the U S C C B Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development has issued this year rsquo s Labor Day Statement nbsp on behalf of the bishops 39 conference As always the statement is a powerful call to live out our faith and gives us ldquo the c

In that all-too-brief time when you were with us—33 days—you gave everyone a glimpse of what it means to be a joyful follower of Jesus.

The ride to the church seemed too short to give me time to unleash all those tears I had to preach What would I say How do you preach what you feel when you rsquo re one of only a few black people in the church What do you say to a mostly white congregation after the shooting death of 18-year-old

Like most folks I have been following events in Ferguson Missouri with equal measures of despair and frustration I have even watched the live feed from Vice news before a queasy feeling sent me away from my computer screen mdash the realization that I may have stumbled upon a new cultural phenom w