The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he's now a candidate for sainthood

The first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States, Augustus Tolton, may not be a household name. Yet I believe ...

Catholic church needs to restructure as priests being ‘worked to exhaustion,’ says bishop

Bishop Donal McKeown spoke to The Irish News after the suspension of Sunday mass services in two rural Co Tyrone churches ...
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Catholic Church's prophetic voice on immigration must rise above the noise of fear

The church insists that a person's dignity is established by the Creator. The choices Catholics make now, in our parishes, our communities and our public life, will reveal whether we truly believe ...
National Catholic Register

Initiative Launches to Support Catholic Church’s Ministry to Migrants

Catholic research groups are assisting the Church in organizing public accompaniment, witness, and parish training to help ...
Hartford Courant

Attendance surges at Catholic churches in Connecticut, Archdiocese says

People are returning in droves to the Catholic Church in Connecticut, reversing a decades-long decline as particularly younger people search for deeper meaning and peace in a divisive world, priests ...