Pope Francis

pope francis has written to the bishops of the united states calling for a “change of mindset” to restore the church’s credibility and trust...

Catholic News Agency

pope francis has urged the us bishops to tackle the abuse crisis as “a united body” ( full text , amy welborn ). the church “has made enormo...

Luke Coppen

the single currency devised by the european union, the euro, is 20 years old this month. my personal disappointment with this financial inno...

Mary Kenny

cardinal angelo scola was considered a front runner at the last papal election. after the white smoke appeared, the italian bishops’ confere...

Desmond O'Grady

the most overlooked story of 2018 might become the most important story of 2019 and many years beyond. the central question that emerged wit...

Fr Raymond de Souza

january 1 mary, mother of god; world day of peace 6 epiphany 7 orthodox christmas 13 baptism of the lord 14-22 9 days for life (us) 18 march...

The Catholic Herald

what kind of a panama will pope francis encounter when he visits the country for world youth day later this month? the country is as catholi...

Miguel Cullen

on december 20, the attorney general of illinois released a devastating report on sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy of the archdiocese of c...

Michael Warren Davis

st paul, minnesota archbishop restricts public ministry of predecessor archbishop bernard hebda of st paul and minneapolis has clarified tha...

Staff writers

at the vatican summit to discuss sex abuse next month, the secretary general of the chilean bishops conference will take the place of the co...

Catholic News Agency