French Catholic women launch manifesto on feminine vocation in the Church

Feb 20, 2021 - 03:11 pm .- A group of Catholic women in France has launched a manifesto to underscore the “beauty of the women's specific vocation.”

Pope Francis visits writer and Holocaust survivor in Rome

Feb 20, 2021 - 11:05 am .- Pope Francis on Saturday visited the home of the writer and Holocaust survivor Edith Steinschreiber Bruck in Rome.

Pope Francis advances causes of nuns who died in Ebola outbreak

Feb 20, 2021 - 09:10 am .- Pope Francis has recognized the heroic virtue of three Italian religious sisters who died from Ebola in Africa during the 1995 outbreak.

Pope Francis appoints new archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica

Feb 20, 2021 - 06:18 am .- Pope Francis on Saturday named Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv., to succeed Cardinal Angelo Comastri as archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general for Vatican City State.

Pope Francis accepts Cardinal Robert Sarah's resignation from divine worship congregation

Feb 20, 2021 - 04:50 am .- Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Robert Sarah as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Masterpiece Cakeshop attorney: No, religious freedom for wedding vendors isn’t harmful

Feb 20, 2021 - 02:39 am .- Ahead of a significant Supreme Court case that could determine whether Catholic adoption agencies can stay open in the U.S., a religious freedom attorney has criticized an article arguing against religious freedom protections.