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Athens, Greece.

Greece tour brings Saint Paul's ministry to life for priests

Aug 17, 2015

By Elise Harris

A two-week trip to Greece will let priests in Rome follow in the steps of St. Paul: all the way... Read more

In UK, assisted suicide vote looms as a key moment for disabled

Aug 14, 2015

Amid strong Christian opposition to the legalization of assisted suicide in the U.K., former Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey... Read more

St. Peter's Basilica.

US embassy to the Holy See begins move to new location

Aug 11, 2015

By Elise Harris

This week the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has begun its move to a new building – which shares... Read more

Greece in crisis – and what Catholics are doing to help

Aug 6, 2015

By Elise Harris

As Greece's financial and political situation reaches a fever pitch in complexity, Caritas has stepped up and is offering help... Read more

Father Francisco Acevedo.

This 100-year-old priest still has a very important task: fighting Satan

Aug 5, 2015

On August 1, the oldest priest in the Diocese of Malaga, Spain turned 100 years old. After a century of... Read more

Images in Holy Trinity Monastery, founded by St. Nekolarios in Aegina, Greece.

Meet Saint Nektarios – a philosopher, poet and miracle worker

Aug 5, 2015

By Elise Harris

Buried in a hilltop monastery on a small Greek island, Saint Nektarios – one of the most widely known and... Read more

Shroud of Turin featuring positive (L) and negative (R) digital filters.

How one skeptical scientist came to believe the Shroud of Turin

Aug 4, 2015

By Ann Schneible

The Shroud of Turin has different meanings for many people: some see it as an object of veneration, others a... Read more

Help from above: Priest in a helicopter exorcises Italian town

Jul 31, 2015

A priest has performed an aerial exorcism of the Italian seaside town of Castellammare di Stabia in response to a... Read more

London.

Could 'British values' push jeopardize Catholic education in the UK?

Jul 30, 2015

By Kevin J. Jones

Some Catholics in Great Britain are concerned the push for “British values” in schools, meant to counter Islamist extremism, could... Read more

Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, where the May 25 secretive gathering was held.

'Shadow council' speaker pushes Church acceptance of contraception, gay sex

Jul 29, 2015

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Yes to contraception, homosexual acts, and Communion for the divorced and remarried – all considering the circumstances. No to understanding... Read more

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French bishops: Don't euthanize paralyzed man

Jul 21, 2015

Bishop Thierry Scherrer of Laval, France, and the Bioethics Committee of his diocese are pleading with doctors at a hospital... Read more

The image of Orpheus in the Catacomb of Saint Callixtus, Rome.

Behold the newly-discovered painting in Rome's Catacomb of Callixtus

Jul 20, 2015

A recent discovery in the Catacomb of Saint Callixtus, an early Christian series of tombs beneath Rome which once held... Read more

The slow demise of Catholic magazines in Italy

Jul 18, 2015

By Andrea Gagliarducci

A Catholic-inspired magazine that was once a leader in publishing opinions in Church discussions will quit publication by the end... Read more

George Weidenfeld at the Axel Springer 100th Anniversary Ceremony on May 2, 2012.

This Jewish man survived Nazi Germany. Now he's rescuing Christians from ISIS

Jul 17, 2015

George Weidenfeld was barely eighteen when Nazi forces occupied his homeland of Austria in 1938. He may not have lived... Read more

Recording studio via Unsplash.

Byte-sized faith: Young priests launch new Catholic podcast

Jul 16, 2015

By Mary Farrow, Jan Bentz

Podcasts are arguably the greatest comeback-kids of the internet. Once thought to be slowing fading into oblivion, the boom of... Read more

Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, emeritus Archbishop of Bologna, who died July 11, 2015. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Bologna.

Catholics in Bologna mourn Cardinal Biffi, a humorous, plain-spoken preacher

Jul 15, 2015

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Humour, realism and culture characterized the life of Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, who died July 11 at the age of 87.... Read more

With freedom for Catholic education uncertain, English diocese charts a path

Jul 13, 2015

By Kevin J. Jones

Catholic schools in England could face problems under both a new “British values” government mandate and demands to approve same-sex... Read more

Spanish court recognizes pharmacists' conscience rights

Jul 8, 2015

Spain's Constitional Court has issued a ruling protecting the conscience rights of pharmacists who decline to sell the morning after... Read more

Cardinal Turkson, Naomi Klein at the People and Planet First conference at the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome, Italy on July 2, 2015.

Pope's encyclical forges unusual allies in fight for the environment

Jul 2, 2015

By Elise Harris

The Vatican recently added the voice of self-described “secular Jewish feminist” Naomi Klein to their discussion on the climate, signaling... Read more

The Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, which will offer a diploma course in minor protection in 2016.

Pontifical university plans to offer diploma in child protection by 2016

Jul 2, 2015

By Elise Harris

Beginning in the spring of 2016, Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University will begin offering an intensive one-semester diploma program on the... Read more