Catholics in Connecticut are working to help those impacted by what one lawmaker described as “historic, unprecedented flooding” Aug. 18-19 that took two lives and forced hundreds to flee for safety.

In 2022, the Diocese of Buffalo sold one of its properties to a holding company, which intended to convert the church and its existing complex into an Islamic center. Now, two years later, a priest’s viral social media post is causing a stir. 

Not many people know what they want to be when they grow up, with certainty, at just 5 years old. But even that early in life, one kindergartener at Saint Ignatius Loyola School had his Plan A and Plan B figured out already. Karl Kilb IV wanted to be a musician. 

Pro-life groups in New York filed a new lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James in federal court accusing her of “censorship,” arguing she is unconstitutionally seeking to prevent them from discussing a treatment they say can halt the effect of the abortion pill mifepristone — sometimes called abortion pill reversal — with their clients.

Twenty-nine rising sophomores at Xavier High School in Manhattan will soon embark on an ecumenical mission trip with First Fruits Farm ministry in Freeland, Maryland. As part of the mission, they will help with various tasks to provide fresh produce, honey, eggs, and beef for homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and food banks in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region.

Survivors of human trafficking may have escaped lives of forced labor, servitude, or even violent sex slavery, but post-traumatic stress can persist.

In the house where Servant of God Dorothy Day lived and died, members of the Catholic Worker movement she co-founded in the 1930s are carrying on her legacy by operating a soup kitchen to feed nutritious meals to the downtrodden and hungry.