On Sept. 16, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl celebrated a Mass for consolation and healing, praying for the victims of the rampage at the Washington Navy Yard and asking God to “heal the wounds in our society so that we can prevent tragedies such as we have just witnessed.” • Sister Angél

Mary Jurgensmeier, a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Greeley, Colo., said she knows people in her community who have lost everything. “We still have the Lord,” said Jurgensmeier. “We will never lose him.” Jurgensmeier is one of thousands of Colorado residents who have

The pope gave the cardinals a mandate to advise him in the “government of the universal church.”

Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop of Vinh Diocese on Vietnam’s north-central coast, has appealed for “international support and solidarity” following violent attacks against Catholics in Nghe An Province on Sept. 4 that left at least 40 people seriously injured. Bishop Nguyen Thai Hop ha

Pope Francis' blunt talk sent shock waves through the Catholic Church in the U.S. and the world.

Quebec’s proposed Charter of Quebec Values imitates the “unjust” imposition of antireligious secularism in France, said the Canadian constitutional lawyer and religious freedom expert Iain Benson. “The recent proposals from Quebec mirror those from France, where both countrie