Muslim organizers of an inter-religious symposium in Antioch, Turkey, have expressed their intention to invite Pope Benedict XVI to the... Read more
Weeks before it hits bookstores, the Spanish translation of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church has already... Read more
In order to mark Brazil’s Independence Day on September 7, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil is releasing a... Read more
A judge in the Spanish city of Burgos has questioned the constitutionality of a request by two lesbians to contract... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI is to declare five people saints next month as he will preside over his first saint-making ceremony,... Read more
Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza issued a message of hope to hurricane survivors Sunday at a special mass and a service, urging... Read more
Full and visible unity among all of Christ’s disciples is “particularly urgent in our time”, and it calls for Christians... Read more
The ancient Rule of St. Benedict stresses the idea of hospitality and charges its communities with the task of welcoming... Read more
Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI sent a message expressing his condolences and prayers to Bishop Manfred Scheuer of Innsbruck, Austria... Read more
The Holy See has announced that the twentieth international conference, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Heath Care Ministry, and... Read more
Amid the ruin and devastation left by Hurricane Katrina, faith still abounds and faith communities work to offer comfort and... Read more
In an interview with the German magazine Neuen Bildpost, the Archbishop of Berlin, Cardinal Georg Sterzinsky, said that despite widespread... Read more
A non-governmental organization in Lima has secured a court injunction against the Peruvian government over the distribution of the morning-after... Read more
On Monday King Juan Carlos I of Spain invited Pope Benedict to visit his country to participate in the World... Read more
In an interview with the Colombian daily El Tiempo, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, Archbishop Luis Augusto... Read more
The President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, has arrived in Valencia, Spain, this week... Read more
Catholic Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, the head of the Catholic Church in England, vowed for a increased protection of Christians in Iraq. Read more
On Sunday, during his noontime Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict XVI challenged Catholic faithful to participate in the preparatory phase of... Read more
In a move some watchers had been anticipating, and many pro-life groups had been hoping for, President George Bush this... Read more
At the outset of Sunday's Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, and as the Church prepares to conclude... Read more