Saint Richard Catholic Church & School

Thich Nhat Hanh once told me that Buddhism is not the answer to what the American young are searching for. That answer, he said, must come from within Western traditions. At best, Buddhism can only help point a way.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the West and whose vast peace writings introduced countless people to Buddhist ideas and practices, died Jan. 22 in Vietnam at the age of 95.

Arriving by the busloads, thousands of anti-abortion protesters rallied in the nation's capital Friday with a growing sense of optimism that their goal was finally in reach: a sweeping rollback of abortion rights.

Catholic lawyer Joe Donnelly of Indiana is the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.

 A Vatican appellate court rejected the appeal of two former top managers of the Vatican bank who were found liable for mismanagement.  

While the church's prayer should not be a battlefield, Archbishop Roche told Catholic News Service it is understandable that people are passionate about it.

The liberal group Catholics for Choice staged a protest outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception the evening of Jan. 20, projecting messages in support of abortion rights onto the building's walls as an anti-abortion vigil was in progress inside.

Pope Francis vowed to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse.  

Pope Francis officially has declared St. Irenaeus of Lyon a doctor of the church.

In a world that makes quick and frequent bouts of pleasure and play the norm, Wordle invites us to recognize the virtues of patience and temperance.