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Tens of thousands participate in Los Angeles Guadalupe procession, Mass
Tens of thousands of people from Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties marched down East Los Angeles streets Dec. 6 to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas, in the 84th annual procession and Mass.
Vatican official beatifies 3 missionaries to Peru, says they taught love
Three Catholic missionary priests have been beatified as martyrs in Peru, 24 years after their murder by Maoist Shining Path guerrillas.
With new Argentine president, analysts expect improved church-state ties
Relations between the Argentine Catholic Church and federal government are expected to improve after President-elect Mauricio Macri takes office Dec. 10, turning the page on a dozen years of acrimonious relations with the...
Activists say human rights, financing pose obstacles to climate accord
Major hurdles stand in the way of a global accord on climate change, including over the questions of human rights and who pays the costs for poor countries to transition into using greener energy, said Catholic and other church...
Our Lady of Guadalupe shouldn’t be viewed as just a Mexican tradition
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been a religious and cultural hallmark for Mexican Catholics for centuries, but the custom received little attention from Anglo Catholics in the U.S. before the last few decades.
Civil war, terrorism — and now politics — affecting Syrian refugees
The trickle of refugees that left Syria when that country's Arab Spring-styled protests morphed in late 2011 into civil war, turned to a flood and then a torrent this year as hostilities escalated when euphemistically termed...
In El Salvador, families say U.S. churchwomen’s work lives on
North Americans and Salvadorans gathered Dec. 2 at the precise spot where four churchwomen were killed 35 years ago to emphasize that their work for the country's poor remains alive.
Monjas, activistas quieren nueva investigación salvadoreña de muertes de eclesiásticas en 1980
Las eclesiásticas eran consideradas izquierdistas por trabajar con los refugiados del conflicto.
San Bernardino bishop urges prayers for unity, healing after shootings
San Bernardino Bishop Gerald R. Barnes urged people to pray for unity and healing after the mass shooting in San Bernardino Dec. 2 that left 14 people dead and 17 others wounded.