Georgetown University sold 272 slaves to rescue the school during a financial crisis. Many are now asking if the university should compensate the slaves' descendants.
Pope Francis will arrive in Washington, D.C. for the beginning part of his visit to the United States - his first-ever visit to the U.S.
It’s that time again: fish fry season! Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday. The Catholic Church and many other Christian churches…
In a pleasant surprise for African-American Catholics in Indianapolis, a reorganization plan for the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has resulted in positive benefits for the city’s two remaining historic African-American Catholic Parishes. Black Catholics in Indy had been apprehensive about the reorganization plans. In other archdioceses across the country Black Catholic churches, called parishes, have […]
Pope Francis Is “Time” Magazine’s Person Of The Year “Time” magazine has announced Pope Francis early Wednesday morning as their 2013 Person of the Year. Credited for changing the tone and perception of the Catholic Church, the weekly newsmagazine handed the Pope the top honor. “Time” says “the leader of the Catholic Church has become a new […]
Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. SEE ALSO: Obama Rejects Money Tied To Fugitive The White House […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas pleas for peace around the world were brutally ignored in Nigeria, where an explosion Sunday claimed by Muslim extremists ripped through a Catholic church during Mass. SEE ALSO: Zuckerberg Has Grown-Up Plans For Facebook Authorities say at least 25 people were killed by the explosion at the […]
Nathaniel Lindein, a crack-addled burglar accused of robbing nearly a dozen Bronx churches says he broke into the poor box as revenge for the child sex scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church.
