Pope Francis

(rome—29 march 2019) pope francis issued new child protection legislation on friday, a little more than a month after promising the new meas...

Christopher R. Altieri

it’s (almost) official: archbishop wilton gregory of atlanta will be appointed the next archbishop of washington,  according  to e...

Michael Warren Davis

ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, march 31 : fourth sunday of lent (laetare sunday) jos 5:9a, 10-12; ps 34; 2 cor 5:17-21;&nb...

The Catholic Herald

pope francis did the right thing in refusing to accept the resignation offered by cardinal philippe barbarin of lyons after his conviction b...

Fr Raymond de Souza

carla, my beautiful italian wife and the mother of our six young children, is what i call a catholic fundamentalist. she believes abortion i...

Nicholas Farrell

the church in mozambique is scrambling to try to help hundreds of thousands of people in the district of beira who have been left stranded b...

Filipe D'Avillez

cardinal donald wuerl, the former archbishop of washington, was once the most powerful man in the american church – second, perhaps, only to...

Michael Warren Davis

there are some wounds that time simply doesn’t heal. one of them is the twinge of resentment catholics feel at the sight of canterbury cathe...

Michael Warren Davis

last week in rome was the story of two resignations: one long since submitted and at long last accepted; the other, submitted and shelved on...

Christopher R. Altieri

santa fe, new mexico santa muerte is no saint, says archbishop an american archbishop has condemned the popular veneration of santa muerte, ...

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