Cardinal Juan José Omella said that these situations cause “great harm, not only to the Church but [also] to society.”
Four witnesses testified to the absence of free speech at public universities and alleged bias against conservative and religious students and speakers.
Italian Bishop Mariano Crociata, 70, will lead the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) until 2028.
Bishop José Guadalupe Torres of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, expressed in a March 28 statement his deepest condolences for the 38 migrants who died.
In the month of April, Pope Francis has asked the world to pray in a special way for a culture of nonviolence and peace.
Following news of Pope Francis’ hospitalization on Wednesday, U.S. bishops asked for prayer for the pontiff’s quick recovery.
A quarter of all Catholics say they now attend Mass less often than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Thursday he strongly disagrees with a critique of the Vatican’s safeguarding commission by Father Hans Zollner.
“Pope Francis rested well overnight. The clinical picture is progressively improving and he is continuing his planned treatment,” Matteo Bruni said Thursday.
The legal concept of the “doctrine of discovery” is “not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church,” the Vatican said in a March 30 statement.
Jesuit Father Luis Gerardo Moro Madrid said the alleged murder of José Noriel Portillo is not a reason to celebrate.
The 86-year-old pope has faced several painful medical conditions over the last few years.
Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, was arrested in Boston on Tuesday just before getting on a flight to Guatemala City, according to the DOJ.
Pope Francis will be hospitalized for “some days” after being diagnosed with a respiratory infection, the Vatican said Wednesday.
A new report says that 28 Catholic priests have faced credible child sex abuse allegations while serving in Georgia since the 1940s.
The actor Shia LaBeouf, who plays the role of Padre Pio, spent four months living with Capuchin friars while preparing for the film, set to release on June 2.
Father Hans Zollner said in a statement March 29 that “structural and practical issues” within the commission had led him “to disassociate” from it.
Pope Francis has been undergoing some medical checkups at one of Rome’s most prominent hospitals since Wednesday afternoon.
“You cannot be Christian only from the outside. No, Jesus must enter and this changes you...” Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis “joins the entire community in mourning the children and adults who died,” according to a Vatican message March 29.