"It was like a war zone. No sign of life," said now-retired New Orleans Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than a month before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in the United States, his ride landed on U.S. shores."A Jeep Wrangler will be used as the popemobile in the USA (like the one used in Ecuador in July 2015)," the Vatican press office said in a statement Aug

Some Catholics in South Korea said the exchange of shots on Aug. 20 between North and South Korea along their common border was bigger news outside their country than locally.Maryknoll Sister Jean Maloney has lived in South Korea since the last year of the Korean War in 1953. She told Catholic News

Colombia's bishops express optimism about peace process that began in late 2012

The United States is "a nation of immigrants and we are proud of that," New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said at the Marian shrine of Knock.

Julian Bond was a long-time legislator and breaker of barriers.

The Tianjin Diocesan Social Service Center helped line up 60 volunteers to assist the government's rescue and relief work. Volunteers donated drinking water, clothes and other supplies to hospitals and temporary settlements for evacuees.

Aborting unborn babies who have disabilities decried by pro-life groups

The settlement is part of an agreement on a reorganization plan reached by the archdiocese and unsecured creditors committee, which has sought compensation for victims/survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

Bishop Cantu asks pastors, deacons and parish leaders 'to exercise increased vigilance'