By Marge Fenelon | It’s been said about Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton that he had an obsession but was not obsessed. This remark was made by one of Fr. Peyton’s dearest friends, Father Arthur...
By Catholic News Agency | MENDOZA - Two priests accused of sexually abusing minors at a school for deaf children in Argentina will stand trial Aug. 5. The priests and a former employee at the...
By Catholic News Agency | WARSAW - As the Catholic Church in Poland continues to respond to sex abuse by clergy, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, a leading Vatican expert on prosecuting sex crimes...
Two more people claim to have been groped or sexually harassed by the papal envoy to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, who is already under fire for three similar charges.
Plaintive pleas and rousing, rhythmic recognitions of God's goodness filled the air at Rome's main synagogue as Israeli and Vatican officials celebrated 25 years of formal diplomatic relations.
Speaking to oil company executives, Pope Francis on Friday said that climate change “threatens the very future” of humanity, adding that the “doomsday predictions” can no longer be met with disdain.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The gathering of U.S. bishops June 11-13 in Baltimore was anything but business as usual. "The spring meetings are usually more...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Irving Houle Association By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops, after being consulted about the sainthood cause of a man who, except for service in World War...
IMAGE: CNS graphic/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops By BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Representatives of lay organizations expressed caution over the steps taken by U.S. bishops to boost accountability and...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Faced with a climate emergency, the world must act immediately to mitigate global warming and avoid committing "a brutal act...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rick Wilking, Reuters By ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- Before the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins in Game 7 on June 12 to win the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup for the first time...