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pope francis has accepted the resignation of 69-year-old auxiliary bishop alexander salazar of los angeles. he took the step after the archd...

Catholic News Service

more than 90,000 police and soldiers and a moderate muslim youth group will help guard nearly 50,000 churches across indonesia, including so...

Catholic News Service

the maryland province of the society of jesus has released the names of jesuits who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors sin...

Catholic News Service

exactly 200 years ago this christmas eve -- december 24, 1818 -- in a little church in what is now austria, the world heard for the first ti...

Richard Szczepanowski

cardinal luis antonio tagle has implicitly criticised philippines president rodrigo duterte at the start of a christmas novena. the moscow p...

Luke Coppen

a holy see delegation will meet government officials in vietnam on wednesday. filipino bishops were reportedly asked to leave a presidential...

Luke Coppen

jesus's "presence is the source of joy" , the pope said at yesterday's angelus ( full text , full video ). pope francis turns 82 today . a h...

Luke Coppen

a supernatural war by owen davies oup, 284pp, £20/$28 "there are no atheists in foxholes” – that’s the common perception of spirituality on ...

David V Barrett

Ribalta’s great portrait shows that penance is not ultimately defined by our wrongdoing

Eve Tushnet

a visitor to the illinois state capitol will find three holiday displays curiously juxtaposed: a christmas tree, a menorah, and “an apple up...

Jeff Cimmino