The leaders of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) are urging American bishops to continue rallying opposition to the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate, and to ...
The discipline of Lent should help the faithful gain more awareness of "the unthinkable nearness of God," Pope Benedict XVI said as he led an Ash Wednesday service at the church of St. ...
Euthanasia has become a leading issue in the French presidential election: President Nicolas Sarkozy opposes its legalization, while François Hollande, a Socialist, supports it.
Writing ...
At his weekly public audience on February 22, Ash Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the significance of the 40-day penitential season of Lent.
Speaking to 7,500 people in the ...
American insurance companies do not believe that the distribution of contraceptives would lower the costs of health care, according to a new survey.
The results of the survey by ...
Talks between the Vatican and the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) have reached a conclusion, and Pope Benedict XVI will render a final verdict on the outcome by this summer, ...
Leading Catholics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo differed over the wisdom of participating in a peaceful February 16 march that was brutally suppressed by government forces, who ...
Villanova University, a Catholic school in Pennsylvania administered by the Augustinian order, has withdraw an invitation to a flamboyant homosexual activist to perform and conduct ...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has indicated that she believes legal acceptance of same-sex marriage is inevitable.
Gillard gave that assurance to gay and lesbian couples who ...
The Franciscan superior in several Middle Eastern nations is appealing for assistance for Syrian Christians devastated by civil unrest there.
"At a time of total confusion and dismay, ...
In a message to the Catholics of Brazil, who are inaugurating their annual Fraternity Campaign during Lent, Pope Benedict XVI remarked: "Health par excellence is the health of the ...
An Indian cardinal has denied reports that he is acting as mediator in a dispute over the possible involvement of Italian marines in the death of two Indian fishermen.
The Italian ...
The Catholic Conference of Kentucky is urging state lawmakers to oppose a bill that would legalize casino gambling in the state.
"We strongly oppose this proposal because Kentucky ...
The New York Times has published a column by Michael Warsaw, the president of Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), explaining why the Catholic broadcasting giant cannot comply with the ...
An official of the Pontifical Council for the Family has endorsed Doonby, a newly-released movie with a pro-life theme.
Father Gianfranco Grieco calls the film a "moving and ...
Some moral theologians have argued that Catholics could be morally justified in accepting the HHS mandate, because they would be required to engage in "remote material cooperation" with ...
The Irish Times has issued an editorial pronouncement that aggressive secularism is a myth. In a replying column, David Quinn suggests that such a statement illustrates the influence that ...
Christopher Manion argues in Crisis that the American Catholic bishops should have recognized long ago the dangers of government interference in religious affairs. But the bishops were ...
The Vatican has told officials of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru that they must bring the institution into line with Church standards by Easter Sunday, April 8.
Cardinal ...
After a new rash of bombings in northern Nigeria, and a clash between Boko Haram terrorists and government troops, Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri, Nigeria, has asked for prayers ...
A Cuban archbishop has helped a group of female dissidents escape the threat of beatings from police.
After the "Ladies in White" demonstrated for the release of political prisoners, 14 ...
Government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo brutally suppressed a peaceful march that would have commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the massacre of Christians by ...
The Family Research Council has announced that 2,500 pastors and other evangelical leaders have signed a letter condemning the Obama administration's contraception mandate. The signatories ...
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, speaking on behalf of the British bishops' conference, has urged Parliament to resist pressure for the approval of same-sex marriage.
Bishop Davies ...
In his Lenten pastoral letter, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem urges local Christians to offer up their fasting for peace.
"[C]onversion rests on the understanding that 'man does not ...
In 1857, St. Daniel Comboni, an Italian priest, founded a missionary institute to preach the Gospel in Africa.
Just over a century and a half later, the Comboni Missionaries are also ...
Pope Benedict XVI hopes to meet with Fidel Castro during his visit to Cuba next month, according to unnamed Vatican sources. The Pontiff is already scheduled to meet with Raul Castro, the ...
Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has met with lawmakers to discuss proposed changes to the country's constitution. The appearance by the Ecumenical Patriarch--the ...
Bishop José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán of David--a city of 83,000 in southwestern Panama--is mediating between the Panamanian government and the indigenous Ngäbe and Buglé peoples in a ...
A bishop in Myanmar (Burma) has described the humanitarian crisis in his diocese amid fighting between Myanmar's army and Kachin rebels.
"Now there are over 57,000 displaced people," ...
