The skull of St. Thomas Aquinas has arrived at the Dominican Convent of Toulouse, France, and placed in a new reliquary as the order celebrates the 700th anniversary of the saint’s canonization in the Catholic Church.
Archbishop Samir Nassar — who has led the Maronite Archeparchy of Damascus in Syria since 2006 — arrived in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Jan. 26 and plans to visit parishes and a school through Jan. 31.
A day after a severe storm spawned a tornado that terrorized the southeast and east sides of metropolitan Houston Jan. 24, the National Weather Service, city and county officials, and insurance adjusters descended upon St. Hyacinth Catholic Church in Deer Park to assess the damage.
Public criticism by cardinals and bishops is annoying -- "like a rash that bothers you a bit," Pope Francis said -- but differences need to be aired and criticism can be helpful, he told the Associated Press.
Christians must not "put pressure on others" to convert or induce in them "feelings of guilt," but take a weight off their shoulders through joyfully sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
The pro-life movement should work to change hearts and minds on the issue of abortion by demonstrating "radical solidarity" with women and unborn children, some of the movement's leaders said at a Jan. 19 panel in the nation's capital.
Less than 48 hours after 11 people were killed and nine more injured at a dance hall Jan. 21 in Monterey Park, California, seven more people were shot and killed at two different landscaping nurseries Jan. 23 near Half Moon Bay, California, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.