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Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, departs Rome's Hotel Quirinale, where he attended a hearing on sex abuse responses, March 3, 2016.

As abuse hearing ends, Cardinal Pell says he 'should have done more'

Mar 3, 2016

By Elise Harris

Speaking to an Australian committee investigating institutional responses to child sex abuse cases, Cardinal George Pell has expressed his regret... Read more

Friar Roberto.

This 95-year-old priest walked three miles while hearing confessions

Mar 3, 2016

A 95-year-old priest named Friar Roberto walked more than three-and-a-half miles while hearing confessions during a recent “Penitential Walk” in... Read more

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Women stunned at FDA's failure to remove Essure from market

Mar 3, 2016

The FDA announced Monday that it will add its strictest warning to the label of Essure, a sterilization device in... Read more

Pa. bishop urges prayers for victims after major sex abuse report

Mar 3, 2016

The Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown is calling for prayers after a Pennsylvania grand jury released its report on the alleged sexual... Read more

Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated March 2, 2011, speaks at a 2010 press conference in Islamabad.

Pakistani diocese opens cause for Shahbaz Bhatti to be declared a martyr

Mar 2, 2016

Marking the fifth anniverary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti on Wednesday, a Pakistani diocese has opened a process of... Read more

Anti-abortion advocates stand outside of the Supreme Court, March 2, 2016 in Washington, DC during abortion arguments.

Divided bench, emotional victims – Supreme Court hears Texas abortion case

Mar 2, 2016

By Matt Hadro, Adelaide Mena

As the Supreme Court heard arguments about a Texas law requiring abortion clinics to meet higher medical standards, advocates outside... Read more

Pope Francis goes to confession as part of a penitential Mass at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on March 28, 2014.

Pope Francis will hear confessions on Friday at St. Peter's

Mar 2, 2016

The office of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations has announced that Pope Francis will hear confessions from the faithful at St. Peter’s... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, March 2, 2016.

Pope Francis: The Church doesn't need 'dirty money'

Mar 2, 2016

By Elise Harris

On Wednesday, Pope Francis issued a harsh condemnation of those who exploit others and then donate to the Church, telling... Read more

Priests can't be forced to break seal of confession, La. judge rules

Mar 2, 2016

Louisiana law can’t force Catholic priests to violate the seal of the confessional, a judge in the state reaffirmed on... Read more

College student in a classroom.

Denver-based Augustine Institute receives accreditation

Mar 2, 2016

The Augustine Institute, a Denver-based Catholic graduate school for the laity, has announced this week that the Commission on Accrediting... Read more

Spotlight Official Poster.

The other side of 'Spotlight': how the Church changed to fight sex abuse

Mar 1, 2016

By CNA Staff

While the movie “Spotlight” won Best Picture for portraying a journalistic investigation of the sex abuse crisis in Boston, the... Read more

Bradley Hall at Mount St. Mary's University.

Amid firestorm of publicity, Mount St. Mary's president resigns

Mar 1, 2016

After fierce controversy during his short-lived term at Mount St. Mary's University, president Simon Newman has stepped down, the school's... Read more

For papal theologian, freedom is defining factor in US Church

Mar 1, 2016

By Mary Farrow

“What can the Church in the United States offer the Universal Church and the world?”  Read more

Rome's homeless join volunteers in handing out copies of the Gospel to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, March 22, 2015.

Vatican gives free health care to Rome's poor

Mar 1, 2016

By Ann Schneible

Poor and homeless men and women will now be able to turn to the Vatican for medical treatment, the latest... Read more

California Catholics are helping legal residents become citizens

Feb 29, 2016

Obtaining U.S. citizenship could be life-changing for legal residents in Southern California, and Catholics want to help.  Read more

Demonic house in Indiana demolished

Feb 29, 2016

The home that was believed to be a site of demonic activity was demolished last month. The story, as reported... Read more

Spotlight Official Poster.

Vatican paper lauds Spotlight as brave, not anti-Catholic

Feb 29, 2016

The film Spotlight, which won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, is a courageous movie that is not anti-Catholic,... Read more

Pope Francis greets Abune Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, at the Vatican, Feb. 29, 2016.

Pope to Oriental Orthodox leader: Ecumenism of martyrs calls us to unity

Feb 29, 2016

By Ann Schneible

Today's martyrs have become “the seed of Christian unity,” Pope Francis said Monday during an audience with the leader of... Read more

Installation Mass of Reverend Peter Harman at the NAC, Feb. 28, 2016.

Rome's US seminary welcomes new rector

Feb 29, 2016

By Ann Schneible

The Pontifical North American College (NAC) on Sunday officially installed its new rector, Fr. Peter Harman.    Read more

Cardinal George Pell.

Cardinal Pell: I was not a part of Church's 'indefensible' cover up

Feb 29, 2016

By Elise Harris

On the first day of his video testimony to Australia's Royal Commission investigating institutional responses to child sex abuse cases,... Read more