An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 21 days of military detention for placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon, while another soldier who photographed the act received a 14-day sentence, the Israeli army said May 11.

On the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election, a group promoting the Catholic faith in Chicago’s south suburbs led an inaugural pilgrimage to his boyhood home and the church he attended as a boy.

If rational, extraterrestrial beings exist, what would be God’s relationship to them?

Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain 12 transitional deacons during a 10 a.m. Mass May 16 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

El arzobispo William E. Lori ordenó a 14 diáconos permanentes para la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore en una misa llena de alegría en la Catedral de María Nuestra Reina. Entre ellos estaba un hombre que desafió un diagnóstico devastador para cumplir su vocación, y otros 13 con sus propias historias de fe, familia y perseverancia.