Born enslaved, rejected by U.S. seminaries and ordained in Rome, Augustus Tolton became the first publicly recognized Black ...

Ahead of the 2026 state elections, the Kerala government approves a monthly social security pension of 1,600 rupees for Catholic nuns and religious women over 50, reversing previous exclusions.

Consecrated men and women "reveal God's invitation to love him with one's whole life," said Archbishop Hicks as report shows ...

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