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Why monks outlive other men: Inside a 30-year study of European monasteries

A long-running study of German and Austrian monasteries suggests that much of the gap between how long men and women live comes down to how men live, not to biology.

From crumbling convent to Catholic art studio: A new light in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey, Catholics have rescued an abandoned convent, restored to life its chapel, and transformed the building into a Catholic art studio.

Facing deportation, Nigerian nun in south Texas speaks out

“I am not the only one,” Sister Leticia Ugboaja said of others who are also “languishing” in the same situation in which she finds herself but who do not have the attention of the media on them.

Catholic moral theologians concerned by claims U.S., Iran struck civilian infrastructure

A battle over the Strait of Hormuz rekindled the war in the Middle East after a ceasefire ended. Intent to harm civilians, including attacks on civilian infrastructure, is immoral, theologians said.

Abortion count rises as women turn to chemical abortions, per new data

The abortion count is rising as women rely more on mail-order chemical abortions, according to the most recent data.

7 Crookston, Minnesota, parishes to lose Sunday Masses in reorganization plan citing priest shortage

If “your parish is going to cease having Sunday Mass, it feels like a death, because it is,” Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, said.

Missouri bishops warn elimination of state income tax could burden lower-income residents

“Every system of taxation must serve the common good,” the bishops told Catholics ahead of an August vote on the measure.

EU lawmakers push special envoy on Pakistan forced conversions ahead of appeal

As a Pakistani court prepares to hear Maria Shahbaz’s appeal, European lawmakers are pressing the EU’s religious freedom envoy to make forced conversions a priority.

U.S. bishops tighten funeral policies after growth of ‘irregular practices’

The bishops addressed departures from acceptable Church norms regarding the handling of cremated remains and the time and place of eulogies, among other 'liturgical anomalies' during funerals.

One-of-a-kind spiritual center in Pittsburgh focuses on ‘miracles saint’ St. Sharbel

The Saint Sharbel Spiritual Life Center is home to the first-class relic associated with the healing of a Phoenix woman in 2016 by the intercession of St. Sharbel, whose feast day is July 24.