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RICHMOND, Va. -- Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond told more than 1,500 worshippers at the Mass for Life Feb. 13 that "political winds can change rapidly" and the threat to life can "reemerge with brutal ferocity."

"We all want approval; we all enjoy gratitude. He offered Divine approval and God’s own gratitude, and many were the ones who did his bidding to obtain it," Monsignor K. Bartholomew Smith wrote Feb. 15 on a blog he maintains for parishioners of St. Bernadette’s parish in Silver Spring, Maryland.

VATICAN CITY -- God gives the grace both to follow his law exteriorly and to accept it in one’s heart, which is what gives true freedom from passion and sin, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday.

WASHINGTON, D.C -- The bishops of the United States released a statement on Friday calling for the United States and other nuclear powers to dismantle their arsenals and praising Pope Francis for drawing the world’s attention to nuclear weapons.

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The Archdiocese of Harare has released a pastoral plan to instigate smaller community cells aimed at fostering an intimate Christian experience.

It's "back to the catacombs!" for Catholics in China as the underground church is "doomed to disappear" and the faith will be sustained at the family level, Cardinal Joseph Zen said in an interview with CNA.

VATICAN CITY -- Laypeople have a mandate to spread the Gospel in their concrete circumstances through the witness of their lives, Pope Francis said in a message sent Friday to Catholics attending a congress on laity in Spain.

BENIN CITY, Nigeria -- A Catholic priest was kidnapped in Nigeria Friday. Father Nicholas Oboh of the Diocese of Uromi has been abducted by gunmen in the state of Edo in the southwest region of the country.

A Netflix series takes its audience on an intelligent, spiritually risky journey to discover the answer to the question of what would happen if the Messiah returned today?

In “The Cave” women doctors and nurses work side by side with their male counterparts to patch together the broken bodies of civilians, children and adults caught in chemical and incendiary attacks ordered by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

WASHINGTON -- Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington urged students at Archbishop Carroll High School to take time during Black History Month to study the heritage and history of African Americans.

HONG KONG  -- The architect of the three-year cross removal and church destruction campaign in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has been appointed to head the Office of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs.

VATICAN CITY -- Lay men and women live out their Christian calling by sharing the gifts they received from God with others and not keeping them for themselves, Pope Francis said.

Muslim clerics and government officials in several regions of Indonesia have called on youths not to celebrate Valentine’s Day as it contradicts Islamic teaching.

VATICAN CITY -- In a newly published book, Pope Francis answers questions about himself and St. John Paul II, saying he learned the importance of joy and mercy from his predecessor, and they are in “total harmony” on the subject of priestly ministry.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A cold, gray, wintry day in South Bend seemed like an appropriate setting for the burial of 2,411 aborted babies, whose remains were interred in Southlawn Cemetery in the city Feb. 12.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cardinal Joseph Zen, the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has said that the situation of the Church in China is dire. The cardinal also predicted the end of the underground church. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Abraham Lincoln helped African American Catholic communities, long part of the church in the Washington area, found their own parish at the height of the Civil War.

CONCORD, N.H. -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) narrowly won Tuesday night’s Democratic New Hampshire primary, with third-place Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) getting the support of frequent churchgoers.

LOS ANGELES -- Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles commented Wednesday on "Querida Amazonia," Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation following the Amazon synod, emphasizing its reminder that that Church proclaims Christ.