The word "missionary" can conjure up in the Catholic mind a vision of saintly figures traveling to distant lands and enduring heroic hardships to spread the good news of Jesus Christ.
The iconic image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which has become a cultural and spiritual symbol for Latin America, cannot be used to promote any kind of ideology, but must maintain its message of simple love, Pope Francis said.
As the humanitarian crisis escalates in Gaza -- amid tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered near Gaza's border with Egypt, attempting to flee, and a health care system on the verge of collapsing -- a Gaza priest warned that Christians in Gaza are suffering a lot.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is "the mother of all mothers -- a loving bridge between worlds and peoples who unifies through her maternal embrace," the U.S. bishops' migration chairman said in a statement issued on the Dec. 12 Marian feast.
Red Rose Rescue, the small Michigan-based group that has conducted blockades of abortion clinics in Michigan, New York and Virginia since 2017, was ordered Dec. 8 to abide by a new restriction on clinic access covering 13 counties in New York.
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Weeping Madonna of Syracuse, a plaster image of Mary hung in the bedroom of a newlywed couple in southern Italy that began shedding tears, Pope Francis said the miraculous sign is a reminder of Mary's maternal presence and her desire that all people would know the love and peace of her son.
A Catholic church in Ukraine named for St. Nicholas marked its patron's feast day by enshrining relics from St. John Paul II, who witnessed the power of faith over authoritarianism.
The New Mexico Attorney General's office filed a civil lawsuit against Meta Dec. 5, alleging the social media giant has become a "marketplace for predators" on its Instagram and Facebook platforms, the latest in a series of allegations against Meta concerning how young users are impacted by those sites.