The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Aug. 22 announced the death of Mercy Sister Theresa Kane, 87, who served in many roles during her 69 years of religious life, including being elected in 1978 as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

School bells rang across the Archdiocese of Baltimore on the morning of Aug. 26 as students returned from summer vacation for the first day of the 2024-25 academic year.

Catholic health care professionals have condemned the Aug. 15 kidnapping of 20 Catholic medical students in Nigeria.

As the Catholic Church and Christians at large experience intense persecution in Nicaragua, Pope Francis expressed encouragement and support to the people living under the country’s authoritarian regime.

In an unusual case, two priests in Steubenville, Ohio, are fighting for legal custody of a toddler who is presently under their care.