The Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act would prevent the federal government from constructing border security infrastructure around the prominent Catholic pilgrimage site overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border.
Authorities are investigating a string of early-morning vandalism and arson attacks at Medjugorje, a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle conveyed his sadness in hearing of the shooting the evening before at the Seattle Center in a July 27 letter to Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson.
A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit Monday from an interfaith group that challenged the legitimacy of President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission, dismissing claims that its overwhelmingly conservative Christian makeup lacked a legally required balance of viewpoints.
As pope, Leo has repeatedly shown himself willing to stick his neck out in defense of migrants. But he spent years confronting his own migration crisis as bishop of the rural diocese of Chiclayo in northern Peru.
OSV News spoke with Catholic Scouting America's national chairman, Bill Guglielmi, to learn more about the fresh identity and the lasting value of Scouting membership.
French top politicians, bishops and family remembered the 85-year-old Fr. Jacques Hamel 10 years after the priest was murdered by two Islamic terrorists as he was celebrating Mass July 26, 2016, in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France.
