The Diocese of Baton Rouge is protesting a decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court that the diocese contends requires one of its priests to violate the seal of confession. In May, the state Supreme Court […]
Comparing clerical sex abuse to “a sacrilegious cult” whose perpetrators sacrifice children “to the idol of their own concupiscence,” Pope Francis spoke today to victims of sexual abuse, in his first such meeting since becoming […]
The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, together with the chairman of the conference’s Committee for Religious Liberty, released a statement earlier today in response to the US Supreme Court’s ruling in […]
Today, on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis conferred the pallium on 24 archbishops from around the world during Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. The pallium is a white garment made of […]
Yesterday the Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced that the Vatican has agreed to open a cause for the sainthood of a religious sister renowned for her work among the poor and the sick during an […]
Addressing a crowd gathered in Washington, DC earlier today, San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone encouraged supporters of traditional marriage to “go forth to build a civilization of truth and love.” The archbishop, who serves as […]
San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has responded to appeals from politicians and religious leaders that he back out of an appearance at a pro-marriage event in Washington, DC later this week, stating that the event […]
From Catholic News Agency comes this story of a religious sister from Argentina who has asked her superiors to send her to the besieged Syrian […]
Jennifer Fulwiler is a popular Catholic blogger and homeschooling mother of six who writes about faith, family, media, and culture at her website, Conversion Diary. Fulwiler, whose memoir about her spiritual journey from atheism to […]
Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ homily from the Mass of Canonization for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, delivered this morning in St. Peter’s Square before hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Translation […]
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