IMAGE: CNS photo/Evandro Inetti, pool By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an opulent Vatican room designed in the 16th century for papal meetings with kings, a cardinal read, "We confess...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Television By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- If they are truly serious about fighting clerical sex abuse, bishops must join forces with journalists and not view...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Transparent, reliable and respectful administration is critical for counteracting sinful behavior within the Catholic Church, said...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The hypocrisy of Catholic leaders who claimed to be guardians of morality yet remained silent about clerical sexual abuse...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy National Black Catholic Congress By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) -- With February being both Black History Month and Catholic Press Month, Daniel Rudd's story is worth knowing.
The Sodality of Christian Life has announced that the appeals of its founder against sex abuse charges have been definitively rejected, so 2017 restrictions against him stand.
Pope Francis opened a keenly anticipated summit on the clerical abuse scandals on Thursday by saying the People of God want "concrete and effective measures," not just "simple...
Catholics should speak up when things go wrong in the Church, but theirs must be constructive criticism delivered with love, Pope Francis said, otherwise the devil is at work.
By Edward Pentin | VATICAN CITY — Proposals not to bind abuse cases to the pontifical secret, to end seminarians having “exalted ideas about their status,” and to view the media not as “vicious...
By The Editors | DAY 1 Opening Prayer and Presentation 1 and 2: Press Briefing: Third Presentation: DAY 2 Presentation 1 and 2: Press Briefing: Third Presentation: DAY 3 Presentation 1 and 2: Press...
By John Clark | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can fairly be called a “socialist” for plenty of reasons; her desire to see people paid a living wage, however, is not one of them. Though she has been...
By Susie Lloyd | A nun struts up and down a stage, rocking her own version of Born this Way while a row of girls in low-cut black leotards sing back up and spin like the Temptations. Suor Cristina...
By Dave Armstrong | My specialty as an apologist is “biblical arguments for Catholicism.” I enjoy that aspect of my work a lot because the Bible is the great “common ground” that all Christians share...