A Vatican decree on May 2 established new norms for Caritas Internationalis, giving Vatican offices greater authority over the work of the umbrella group of 162 Catholic aid agencies around the world.
The archbishop of Jos said he could not understand why the government appeared powerless to prevent deadly attacks on Christians.
An American spokesperson for Al Qaeda said that because of church scandals Catholics were 'fertile ground' for conversion.
Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago on April 25 presided over the burial of some of the 120 fetuses stored at a medical examiner’s office.
Pentecost should overwhelm us as profoundly as it overwhelmed the disciples Let rsquo s start with them and move to us The disciples gathered on the Jewish feast of Pentecost the commemoration of the gift of God rsquo s law on Sinai Recall how powerfully God was experienced in the Exodus guidin
Psychologists and social scientists tell us that first impressions are very important and that we begin to form them quickly, perhaps as fast as five seconds after we first meet someone.
Late last March, I met Cuba.
My three days in the island nation—partly to be present for Pope
Uri Mor worked tirelessly on behalf of Christians, often at cost to himself.