Michelle Duppong's family members get a lot of prayer requests, especially for healing from grave illnesses and dire prognoses, that ask for the intercession of the recently declared "Servant of God."
President Joe Biden's plan to address the influx of asylum seekers attempting to enter the United States, including boat refugees landing on Florida shores, is likely more a bandage than a permanent solution, according to church officials in southern Florida. However, the plan does open up the possibility of Catholic parishes having a role in sponsoring some asylum-seekers.
Psalm 19 reveals that, day in and day out, "the heavens declare the glory of God." But every now and then -- or sometimes every 50,000 years to be more precise -- they do it in a somewhat rare way.
Catholics "must act" for racial justice, starting with personal conversion, to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s struggle and eliminate racial injustices in society, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops stated.
The terrorism trial of Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of fatally striking eight people with a truck in New York City in 2017, began Jan. 9 and marks the first federal death penalty case heard under President Joe Biden, who pledged as a candidate to end the practice at the federal level.
Catholic organizations in California, strengthened by years of responding to disasters in the Golden State, responded quickly to bring aid to those affected by the ongoing brutal winter storms.
A child tax credit expansion was not included in an omnibus funding bill passed at the end of December, despite efforts by some lawmakers to reinstate the expired policy that is credited with lifting millions of children out of poverty. Still, some Catholics see hope that bipartisanship in Congress may save a valuable tool in the fight against poverty and even abortion.
Just six months after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision that abortion is not a constitutional right, America's pro-life advocates and health care providers are preparing for another consequential shift following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's finalization of a rule change that expands availability of the abortion pill mifepristone.