Archive for May 9, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

New Vatican norms for the Church’s handling of sex abuse, issued Thursday, place seminarians and religious coerced into sexual activity... Read more

By Hannah Brockhaus

According to a Dominican scholar, the crisis of priestly fidelity is connected to a new cultural conception of human freedom... Read more

By JD Flynn

Pope Francis, the “pope of surprises,” lived up to his nickname this morning, by releasing a comprehensive canonical plan to... Read more

The Ebola outbreak that began last August in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now claimed more than 1,000... Read more

The love of neighbor is a common commitment among Christians and Jews, Pope Francis said Tuesday, to teachers and students... Read more

A new bishop in the Philippines has called for Catholics to show courage in the face of violence and persecution. Read more

By Christine Rousselle

Pro-life campaigners from across Canada gathered on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill Thursday for the country’s annual National March for Life. Read more

Despite the scandals of clerical sexual abuse that the Catholic Church has suffered in past decades, the Church in the... Read more

The Mexican Bishops' Conference has made a public request for help from the country's authorities, as well as all people... Read more

By Mary Farrow

Kendrick Castillo, who died in the May 7 STEM school shooting, is remembered as a heroic, and holy, young man. Read more