While the Taliban have promised not to shed any blood, some locals fear that the Islamist regime will lead to persecutions and violence.

“Let us not forget that a faith that is not inculturated is not authentic,” Francis told the Latin American Confederation of Religious.

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remains hospitalized, on a ventilator, “in serious but stable condition” with COVID-19, a spokesman said late Aug. 17.

The video insists that vaccines are safe, effective and an “act of love.” It features Pope Francis as well six cardinals and archbishops from North, Central and South America.

“We have to be promoting the common good, and this is the one of the ways that we do it,” Bishop Stowe said in an interview with America.

A new Catholic secondary school in the Archdiocese of Boston will combine virtual instruction and in-person activities. The founder of Lumen Verum Academy, Thomas W. Carroll, writes about this new model.

This is the first time Homeboy Industries has received this level of funding, enabling a new level of capacity to serve people who have been in prison and involved in gangs.

The Jesuits, who have been in Afghanistan since 2004, have suspended their mission in the country “indefinitely.”

Our invasions of Afghanistan and Vietnam may have different beginnings, but their ends show that we are capable of repeating basic mistakes, writes Ryan Di Corpo.

The War in Afghanistan was waged in the name of every American. At the very least, we should ask how it has (or hasn’t) affected us.