During today's general audience, held this morning in a rain-soaked St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI recalled that God does... Read more
Church officials and leaders in Italy have welcomed the results of a failed referendum that could have lifted the country’s... Read more
The medical examiner's office plans to release its autopsy report on Terri Schiavo today. Her parents and siblings hope the... Read more
A New Jersey Appellate Court ruled yesterday that the state Constitution does not include same-sex couples in its definition of... Read more
A ruling this week by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an earlier decision that Holocaust survivors can... Read more
During a visit to Argentina, the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal Paul Poupard, said the mission of... Read more
The Committee on Migrations of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference has released a document expressing concern for immigrants in the country... Read more
The Apostolic Administrator of Resistencia, Argentina, Msgr. Carmelo Giaquinta, said this week, “It is difficult to say we are a... Read more
Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago of Leon and president of the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico said this week that while... Read more
As the new prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop William Levada will be challenged to... Read more
During a luncheon Tuesday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong, Bishop Joseph Zen told reporters that the Vatican's... Read more
A large delegation of 500 Trenitalia workers will take part on tomorrow’s general audience with Pope Benedict XVI. Led by... Read more
Washington’s Catholic schools are growing as the result of a new federal voucher program that provides low-income students with grants... Read more
Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler said last week that he cannot guarantee full protection to religious organizations that refuse to... Read more
American scientists say they have found a way to identify brain stem cells and make them multiply to treat degenerative... Read more
The U.S. government has increased funding for the the Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) grant program by $11 million for 2006. Read more
Hundreds attended the three-hour viewing and funeral mass Sunday for Miami’s late Archbishop Edward McCarthy at St. Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop... Read more
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico, Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago, warned this week that if the control... Read more
Bishop Adalberto Martinez Flores of San Lorenzo, Paraguay, is exhorting Paraguayans to “restore the face of the family” because from... Read more
The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano is praising the agreement reached by the G8 countries to provide complete debt relief to... Read more