The University of Notre Dame website went dark on Feb. 26; it’s usually lively front page replaced by an image of Father Theodore Hesburgh and a quote from the same: “I never wanted to be anything but a priest, which is in itself a great and unearned grace. I hope to live and die a pries

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is forming a committee of theology teachers from the archdiocesan high schools to expand and adjust the language of proposed statements on Catholic teaching on sexual morality and religious practice to be included in the faculty and staff handbooks of

Pope Francis' planned visit to Bangui will be a "sign of divine goodness"

A homeless man who faithfully attended Mass at a church inside Vatican City for decades was buried in a Vatican cemetery after it was discovered he had died and was left unidentified in a hospital morgue.Willy Herteleer was well-known by the Swiss Guards keeping watch at St. Anne's Gate, by loca

After almost nine months in captivity in Afghanistan Jesuit Father Alexis Prem Kumar has been released and is back home with his family in India International Director Peter Balleis S J said J R S staff in Afghanistan and around the world were elated to have Father Kumar home ldquo He rsquo

Presidential veto will allow for 'more time to reflect' on project's environmental impact