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Cardinal's biretta.

National Review Board calls for lay investigation of all misconduct claims

Aug 28, 2018

The body charged with advising the U.S. bishops on sexual abuse prevention has called for an independent lay-led investigation into... Read more

Migrants on the the Italian Coast Guard vessel Diciotti wait to embark.

Italian bishops receive 100 Eritrean migrants stranded at port

Aug 28, 2018

The Italian bishops’ conference will accept the majority of African migrants who have spent 10 days stranded on a coast... Read more

President Rodrigo R. Duterte.

Filipino priest who criticized Duterte says he has gone into hiding

Aug 27, 2018

A Filipino priest who has been an outspoken critic of extrajudicial killings in the country says he has gone into... Read more

Archbishop Theodore McCarrick at the Vatican, March 11, 2013

Where did retired McCarrick live after alleged Vatican sanctions?

Aug 27, 2018

By Ed Condon

The Archdiocese of Washington has declined to confirm new details about the post-retirement living arrangements of Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, and... Read more

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.

Vigano testimony receives mixed response from US bishops

Aug 27, 2018

By Mary Farrow

Multiple bishops have responded to a testimony published over the weekend by a former apostolic nuncio to the United States,... Read more

Irish Traveller community keeps faith despite hardships

Aug 27, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

Despite generations of poverty and prejudice from both the government and ordinary Irish citizens, the faith of the itinerant Irish... Read more

After 95 years, NY rules end Catholic adoption and foster services in Buffalo

Aug 27, 2018

Adoption and foster services through Catholic Charities of Buffalo are ending because state rules do not allow the agency to... Read more

A view of St. Peter`s Basilica and Vatican City flag.

Former nunciature official: 'Vigano said the truth'

Aug 26, 2018

By Ed Condon

Monsignor Jean-François Lantheaume, the former first counsellor at the apostolic nunciature in Washington D.C., has said that the former nuncio,... Read more

Pope Francis.

Pope: 'I will not say a single word' on Vigano's allegations of cover-up

Aug 26, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis said Sunday that he will not comment on claims by a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S. that... Read more

How seminaries help men discern the call to chaste celibacy

Aug 26, 2018

By Kevin J. Jones

When seminaries aim to form Catholic men to live a chaste, celibate life, it’s a matter of both the right... Read more

Pope Francis.

Updated: Pope meets with survivors of Irish mother and baby homes

Aug 26, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

In lieu of a traditional penitential act during Sunday’s Papal Mass at Phoenix Park, Pope Francis issued an apology to... Read more

Pope Francis meets with the bishops of Ireland during the 2018 World Meeting of Families.

The truth frees us, pope tells Irish bishops

Aug 26, 2018

During his last stop in Dublin Sunday, Pope Francis met with the bishops of Ireland, telling them to take encouragement... Read more

Pope Francis at Knock Shrine Aug. 26, 2018.

Pope Francis prays for Irish people in visit to Knock

Aug 26, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

On Sunday during a quick visit to Knock Shrine in county Mayo, Pope Francis entrusted the Irish people to the... Read more

Mexican seminarians launch evangelization project for the deaf  

Aug 26, 2018

Two seminarians in Mexico have launched a project on Facebook to offer evangelization and pastoral ministry tools for the deaf.  Read more

Cardinal Donald Wuerl. CNA file photo

Wuerl denies he was informed of Vatican restrictions on McCarrick

Aug 25, 2018

By JD Flynn

Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington has denied a report that he was informed about restrictions apparently placed by the Vatican... Read more

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.

Ex-nuncio accuses Pope Francis of failing to act on McCarrick's abuse reports

Aug 25, 2018

In an 11-page written testament, a former apostolic nuncio to the United States has accused several senior prelates of complicity... Read more

The Knock Shrine. Public domain.

What is the Knock Shrine that Pope Francis will visit in Ireland?

Aug 25, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

On Sunday, August 26, Pope Francis will become the second pontiff to visit the Knock Shrine. During his visit, the... Read more

Pope Francis addresses the Festival of Families at the 2018 World Meeting of Families.

Be a 'beacon of joy,' Francis tells families in Ireland

Aug 25, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis encouraged attendees at an evening festival for the World Meeting of Families to radiate joy into the world... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on September 2, 2015.

Pope Francis meets with abuse survivors in Ireland

Aug 25, 2018

Pope Francis met early Saturday evening with eight abuse victims in Ireland, during his visit to the country for the... Read more