More people know Phil Stafford as “Superman” than by his name. That’s because for 10 years, he has donned a red cape bearing the superhero’s logo and crisscrossed New Jersey in his white GMC Savana van, collecting donated food and redistributing it to those in need.
A group of delegates, including three U.S. Catholic bishops and the head of a conference of women religious, met with Biden administration officials Nov. 17 to discuss the Catholic Church’s priorities for what Pope Francis has called “our suffering planet.”
On Nov. 22, 1963, an open limousine passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, where onlookers heartily cheered President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a request Nov. 14 by the State Department of Education and Ryan Walters, Superintendent of Public Instruction, to intervene in a case about a potential Catholic virtual charter school in the state.
Almost a month after the close of Pope Francis’ Oct. 4-29 Synod of Bishops on synodality, Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego says the power and depth of the conversations over the month in Rome struck him, as well as the challenge of replicating that atmosphere back home.
One week after voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment ensuring access to abortion, some members of the state legislature are considering a bill that would provide tax credits for those who donate to crisis pregnancy centers in the state.
When it came time for a much-anticipated debate among the American bishops over a voting guide ahead of the 2024 election, the surprise may be that there wasn’t actually any contention. They simply voted to approve the agreed-upon materials in a 225 to 11 vote, with seven abstentions.
In response to concerns about the cost and length of next summer’s National Eucharistic Congress, the event will now offer new single-day and weekend pass options and scholarship funds for participants.
Ten years ago, Pope Francis issued his first extensive piece of writing as pope with the apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), a document that laid out his vision for how the Catholic Church should evangelize the modern world.
Amid a perceived rift between the Vatican and the U.S. church, the papal envoy to the United States used his address to American bishops Nov. 14 to highlight what he called the “close relationship” between their ongoing Eucharistic Revival initiative and Pope Francis’ ongoing Synod on Synodality.
