By Michael Kelly | DUBLIN — This month’s World Meeting of Families in Ireland takes place exactly 50 years since Blessed Paul VI promulgated his landmark encyclical Humanae Vitae, restating the...
By Matthew E. Bunson | The redacted grand jury report on the 70-year history of clergy sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses that was released by the state Attorney General Josh Shapiro...
By Tito Edwards | St. John Bosco Told Us This Year Would Happen - Fr. Richard Heilman, Roman Catholic Man+++ This Beautiful Religious Order is for Women with Down Syndrome – Ryan Scheel...
After months of leaving the “sostituto,” or deputy, post at the Vatican Secretariat of State vacant, Pope Francis Wednesday tapped Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra for the position – a...
After a major bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday, killing 38 and leaving many others wounded or missing, Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims and all those effected by the disaster...
Pope Francis is traveling to Ireland specifically for the World Meeting of Families, but the sex abuse crisis is dominating headlines before his Aug. 25-26 trip.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters video By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The report begins dramatically, imploring its readers: "We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this." Plain...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of the dioceses By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The following are excerpts of statements, and links to the full statements, made by the bishops of the six Pennsylvania dioceses named...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tim Shaffer, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) - A Pennsylvania grand jury report issued Aug. 14 paints a picture of a Catholic Church in six of the state's dioceses that for...
IMAGE: CNS/Bob Roller By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said Aug. 14 that during his tenure as bishop of Pittsburgh from 1988 to 2006, he "established strong...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of the dioceses By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops "are shamed by and sorry for the sins and omissions by Catholic priests and Catholic bishops" that have led...