Although the feast of St. Joseph is celebrated March 19, the earthly father of Jesus gets another day on May 1, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. This feast day was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to coincide with the May 1 International Workers’ Day, dedicated to labor and workers’ rights. By adding St. Joseph to the day, the pope aimed to also emphasize the Christian idea of labor and give workers a spiritual model.
The Pew Research Center unveiled a fresh fact sheet detailing nine key demographic and statistical insights into the Catholic population within the United States, compiled from extensive surveys conducted by the center.
With the purchase of a sprawling new campus in Florissant, Missouri, Augustine Institute president Tim Gray said he envisions not only growth of its graduate program, but for it to become a “crossroads” for the renewal of the American Church.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced new regulations April 26 that restore Obama-era protections for patients who identify as transgender that the Trump administration rolled back in 2020. The new rule follows another controversial rule adding gender identity to Title IX protections.
Parishioners in several Midwestern states are coming together to bring help and healing after tornadoes ravaged the area April 26-28, killing at least four.
Churches around the world are dedicated to Mary using many of the hundreds of titles attributed to her. The most famous shrines of Mary are often apparition sites such as Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, and Our Lady of Lourdes in France.
Arizona House legislators voted April 24 to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions which the state Supreme Court let stand on April 9.
In response to the growing number of Hispanic Catholics in the United States, St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore will soon offer a specialized track where, at the recommendation of their diocese, a seminarian will focus the last four years of their priestly education on Hispanic ministry.
A new AI priest, launched by a Catholic teaching apostolate to answer questions about the faith, has been “laicized” after sparking more backlash than belief online.
U.S. Supreme Court justices were divided during April 24 oral arguments that considered whether the federal law requiring hospitals to provide “necessary stabilizing treatment” in emergencies overrides an Idaho law that bans most abortions.
