by Joe Bukuras Baltimore, Md., Mar 1, 2022 / 03:40 am Police are investigating vandalism at a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Baltimore on Feb. 23 that left 49 headstones overturned. The incident took place in the early morning hours, the day before Russia invaded Ukraine. “It’s very unfortunate,” the cemetery …

by CNA Staff Kharkiv, Ukraine, Mar 1, 2022 / 06:47 am A bomb struck the headquarters of a Catholic diocese on Tuesday in the besieged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Forty people were sheltering in the basement of the diocesan chancery when the bomb landed on March 1, but no injuries …

by Shannon Mullen Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 27, 2022 / 11:04 am Pope Francis spoke Feb. 27 about the human tendency to focus on the faults of others, rather than our own flaws and the harmful ways we often speak to one another. In his weekly Angelus address, the pope …

by Mary Farrow Denver, Colo., Feb 26, 2022 / 07:21 am Sunday, Feb. 27 is Septuagesima Sunday, followed by Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Sundays. Sunday kicks off Carnival season, which comes right before Shrovetide, which culminates in Shrove Tuesday – more popularly known as Mardi Gras. If all but the last …