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MOTHER AND CHILD. Sara Lazzaro as Mary and Adam Greaves-Neal as Jesus in “The Young Messiah”
Film
John Anderson
A convergence of belief and fact; this is the key to two new films about Jesus.
Pope Francis gestures as he answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Bangui, Central African Republic, to Rome Nov. 30. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Editorials
The Editors
The pope’s clever response to 'the Trump question' is instructive.
Letters
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Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Manila area church officials said proposed land reclamation projects in the metro area may not be environmentally sound and would likely affect the livelihood of the poor. Msgr. José Clemente Ignacio, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Manila, said a 365-acre proposed tourist city on an elevated p
In All Things
Kevin Clarke
It has been a grim couple of days reading about and listening to testimony related to past abuse of children by Catholic priests.
News
Associated Press
The sentencing came a day after the Pennsylvania attorney general issued a report saying two former bishops in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese covered up, or were slow to respond to, child-sex abuse by more than 50 priests over more than 40 years.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The cardinal said, in hindsight, “I would agree that I should have done more.”
Michael Daniel Driessen
In recent months Catholic intellectuals in Italy have been engaged in an important conversation about the political responsibilities of Italian Catholics. The conversation took on a certain urgency last summer following a heated debate about whether Catholic organizations, communities and families o
News
Catholic News Service
At least 50 priests or religious leaders were involved in the abuse and diocesan leaders systematically concealed the abuse to protect the church's image, according to a grand jury report released on March 1.
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 2. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
News
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Francis: Just as God derives no pleasure from "the blood of bulls and lambs" slaughtered in his name, he is especially averse to offerings from hands dirty with the blood of another human being.
News
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The 90 minutes of oral arguments March 2 was before a court left with eight members following the Feb. 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who regularly voted to uphold abortion limitations and was expected to have provided the fifth vote in this case to uphold the requirements.
News
David Gibson - Religion News Service
“Certainly for faithful lay people in general, but above all for women, this would constitute a fundamental change in their participation in church life.”
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Pell testified about an "extraordinary world of crimes and cover-ups," where many wanted to keep the status quo.
Actor/director Dexter Fletcher signs autographs in London on July 11, 2009 (WikiCommons)
In All Things
Sean Salai
“I had a chance to retell a story that people thought they already knew.”
Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
I no longer recognize my own country.
Anthony Giambrone
Two things make the medieval theologian a much deeper juridical thinker than the judge.
Simon Newman, the now former college president of Mount St. Mary's
In All Things
Margot Patterson
The fall of Simon Newman and the rise of the business model of education
Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis
“When God forgives, his forgiveness is so great that it is as though God forgets."
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
In All Things
John Carr
The Tea Party and Black Lives Matter give big donors a run for their money
Upstaged? Droid characters from "Star Wars," BB-8, from left, R2-D2, and C-3PO speak at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Why must genre films like “Star Wars,” “The Matrix” or “Blade Runner” always be discounted?