When he was appointed and subsequently ordained Bishop on May 6 1993, Bishop Cornelius Piong met with the priests, religious and members of the laity to reflect and plan ways to develop the diocese ...

More than 40 years ago, Amartya Sen tried to use a concept called “food entitlement”. In his book Poverty and Famine published in 1981 he explains the causation behind or the preceding phases which ...

We may sometimes be tempted to fall into nostalgia about “simpler times” or “the way things used to be.” One aspect of ...

Pope Francis extends the terms of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re and Leonardo Sandri as dean and vice-dean respectively of ...

VATICAN: A Vatican Press Office statement to journalists said “Due to bronchitis that he is experiencing these days, and in ...

In today's Gospel, Jesus invites us to take courage and embrace risks. He tells Peter, “Put out into the deep and let down ...

The shrine’s chairman, Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany, said in a statement: “We are delighted that the bishops ...

It is the extrapolation of what every human being experiences when faced with loss, feeling alone, displaced, and in need of ...

The CEO of "Mary's Meals" reflects on the seeds sown during an International Summit on Children's Rights organized by the ...

Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to ...

As Israeli soldiers continue to occupy the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank, Fr. Amer Jubran, parish priest of the ...

The superior general of the Society of Jesus, Venezuelan priest Arturo Sosa, has convoked a meeting of all the Jesuit major ...