by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Nov 30, 2022 / 13:35 pm Authorities have positively identified Father Otis Young, a local Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, as one of the victims of a double homicide. The St. Tammany Coroner’s office said Tuesday that the cause of death was “sharp- …

by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2022 / 16:00 pm President Biden’s controversial transgender mandate has been blocked after the administration failed to meet last week’s deadline to appeal a court ruling that struck down the mandate earlier this year. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down …

by Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2022 / 14:15 pm The U.S. Catholic bishops strongly condemned in a Nov. 28 statement what they called a “reemergence of antisemitism in new forms.” “Outraged by the deeply hurtful proliferations of antisemitic rhetoric, both online and in person, and the violent …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Nov 30, 2022 / 07:55 am Pope Francis said Wednesday that the full restoration of communion among all Christians is “an urgent priority in today’s world.” In a letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the pope expressed gratitude that Catholic and Orthodox …