Catholic Church

Baghdad patriarch urges international community to do more to stop ISIS

Patriarch Sako said Christians are waiting for governments and religious authorities to work together to 'confront and dismantle terrorism'

Catholic News Service

What is the 'ordinary magisterium'? A brief history of a disputed idea

History suggests Cardinal Burke is right about the authority of Amoris Laetitia

Prosecutor undecided on death penalty after killing of nuns

The nuns' order has said it opposes the death penalty and said the sisters' murders do 'not demand revenge'

Associated Press

Newly ordained Boston bishops to look out for 'the lost sheep'

Bishops Robert Reed and Mark O’Connell were ordained at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston

Catholic News Service

Relation of Princess Diana on road to becoming a saint

The Vatican has taken a key step along the road to declaring an English aristocrat related to Princes William and Harry to be a saint

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Murdered US nuns remembered for helping the needy

A man has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the killing of Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill

Associated Press

Would-be suicide bomber attacks priest with axe at Sunday Mass

Indonesian police say the congregation restrained the 18-year-old assailant

Associated Press

Little Sisters of the Poor to leave St Louis after nearly 150 years

The sisters cited a decrease in sufficient vocations as the reason for their departure

Catholic News Service

Cafod praises historic peace deal between Colombia and rebel fighters

A peace deal has been reached in Colombia which will see the end to the longest internal armed conflict in the western hemisphere