America’s Catholics weigh in on Pope Francis’ climate change priorities
Roberts said the Heritage Foundation’s research and advocacy has focused not on high-level, multinational agreements and conferences to tackle the issues posed by climate change but rather on smaller-scale, more…
Pope Francis sends condolences to family of Indi Gregory at British baby’s funeral
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales said on its website that the Friday message was read aloud at baby Indi’s funeral. The Vatican had said in November that…
NET Ministries launches outreach to U.S. Hispanic youth
Annie Grandell, director of YDisciple, explained that in the project, “we are not limiting ourselves to a simple translation, we are ‘transliterating.’ That is, we are working closely with the…
New York diocese offers $200 million to abuse victims in largest-ever settlement offer
“The diocese agrees with Bankruptcy Court Judge Martin Glenn, who is overseeing the case, that survivors have waited too long for compensation and that any alternative to a global settlement…
German bishop says divisions within local Church are a ‘disaster for the faithful’
Divisions in the German episcopacy recently came to the forefront when Oster and three other bishops — Cardinal Rainer Woelki of Cologne, Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg, and Bishop Gregor…
‘I am prepared to die a martyr’: Freed Nigerian monk recounts kidnapping, murder of brother monk
“I quickly abandoned the idea to run as I felt the men’s presence in our room,” he continued. “Instead, I slid under the bed and hid there for a while.…
Pope to Orthodox patriarch: ‘Bonds of faith, hope and charity’ unite two churches
That meeting was an inflection point in the Catholic-Orthodox relationship, from one of estrangement to one of dialogue, as it was the first time since 1483 that a pope and…
Nicaraguan dictatorship releases new photos, video of imprisoned Bishop Álvarez
Other images had been previously released by the dictatorship in March, when various activists and institutions demanded, as they have been doing recently, proof that the bishop of Matagalpa was…
Pending decision by human rights court threatens to legalize abortion throughout Latin America
The participating organizations are demanding that the judges recognize the right to life of Leilani, the baby girl in the case of Beatriz v. El Salvador. The court’s deliberations could…
Activist group pushes to enshrine abortion rights in Arkansas constitution
Abortion would also be permitted “to protect the pregnant female’s life or health,” the amendment says. The amendment had been submitted to state Attorney General Tim Griffin for review earlier…
Vatican: Pope’s health ‘stable’; treatment continues as lung inflammation remains
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that it had canceled the pope’s planned trip to Dubai this week due to his continuing struggles with lung inflammation. Francis had been scheduled to…
Pope Francis: Technological focus on efficiency dehumanizes today’s society
This point was reinforced by referring to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, which is a lesson about man’s “sacrificing all individuality to the efficiency of the collective.”…