A growing number of LGBT Ugandans are fleeing to neighboring Kenya to escape violence and persecution, a Ugandan Catholic priest says.People are beaten, raped, evicted and dismissed from their jobs because of their sexual identity or orientation, the Rev. Anthony Musaala said during a talk at A

"My family and I were on the wrong side of the political fence," said Rita of Honduras in Spanish. Her last name has been omitted for her safety. "We received death threats, we were detained by the police for absolutely no reason."Had we not left, I don't know if we would hav

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which used the term "cultural genocide" to describe what happened to aboriginal Canadians in residential schools, said reconciliation within the country "is going to take hard work."In a 382-page report with 94 recommendations, th

Criminal charges were filed today against the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis stemming from its handling of a troubled priest who was eventually convicted of child abuse in 2013 and defrocked in March Ramsey County prosecutors charged the archdiocese as a corporation with six gross misdeme

This year marks the centennial of D. W. Griffith’s masterpiece, “The Birth of a Nation.” Who cares? Or who should? After all, it’s really only an embarrassing antique. Film historians have long extolled its artistic innovation as the foundation of the modern motion picture. S

Pope Francis arrives in Sarajevo on Saturday morning June 6 as ldquo a messenger of peace rdquo In a video-message on the eve of his 11-hour visit he extended greetings to ldquo all rdquo the inhabitants of the city and of Bosnia-Herzegovina and said he is coming ldquo to confirm the faith o

June 4, 2015Outside St. John LateranPope Francis celebrated Mass on the steps of Rome’s Cathedral Basilica of St. John Lateran on Thursday evening, ahead of a torchlight procession to St. Mary Major to mark the feast of Corpus Domini – the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Our Savior.In

Elections decided by motivating sympathetic citizens, not swaying voter opinion

The church and public morality, from Leo XIII to Francis

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With financial assistance from Pope Francis, a Rome parish led 50 homeless and poor people on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin June 4 and has provided the money needed for another Rome parish to do the same a week later.Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, sai

The currrent edition of LMU Magazine has compiled a number of reflections on the work and legacy of David W Burcham who just completed his tenure as president of Loyola Marymount University Those praising Burcham 39 s leadership include alumni professors board members and a range of others af

There is that old refrain mdash or retort mdash from childhood that is usually said upon instances of bullying or teasing ldquo Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me rdquo Unfortunately when it comes to the reality of living in the Holy Land mdash specifically Israe

At the order ldquo Let the execution begin rdquo a syringe full of midazolam was injected into Clayton Lockett rsquo s groin but the IV dislodged and the sedative was pumped into the prisoner rsquo s tissue instead of his vein Lockett remained alert He licked his lips and blinked The execut

Group demands inquiry into which French companies had purchased 'terrorist petrol'

Title VII establishes a preference for religious accommodation in the workplace.

Both major parties, entrenched at different levels, show little eagerness for cooperation.

A veteran Catholic Relief Services financial official has resigned in the wake of report that he was in a same-sex marriage.Rick Estridge, vice president for overseas finance, stepped down after 16 years with the U.S. bishops' overseas aid and development agency, saying "it was the right de

In our daily lives we often find ourselves immune to the constant parade of images voices and ldquo opinions rdquo which cumulatively make up the background ldquo noise rdquo of our existence We become jaded from having to deal with the complexity as well as the enormity of things and situati