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Pope Francis says that responses to climate change “have not been adequate.” This Earth Day, both clergy and laypeople must repent of our sins of omission and work toward decarbonization.

For decades, the people of northern New Mexico have marked the Christian observance of Good Friday with a walking pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayó in the village of Chimayó, N.M. Referring to themselves as Hispanos, or Nuevomexicanos, they have lived in the region for generations, tracing t

The Doomsday Clock, measuring humanitys march towards nuclear annihilation, currently marks 90 seconds until Armageddon

The archdiocese committed to listing clergy members identified as sexual abusers by their accusers in the bankruptcy case, a motion says.

The development underscores greater urgency of the Vatican and Catholic prelates warning of the need for global disarmament

The U.S. government has informed Congress and its allies in Europe that Russia has made advances on a new, space-based nuclear weapon.

The Meat Inspection Act garnered unanimous support from the New Mexico House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon.

"Our reliance on unfettered military spending is rooted in a mistaken notion of peace and an erroneous understanding of what constitutes true security for our people."

In a joint statement, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego and Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestine and the release of Israeli hostages.

Among the many notable New Mexicans were two former governors, Jerry Apodaca and Bill Richardson.