To say that Cardinal Francis E. George was an intellectual would be an understatement. To try to quantify his impact on the Catholic Church in the United States and in the world would be an underestimation."He's the closest thing in recent American church history to what you would think of

The U S bishops on April 17 released the results of their annual compliance audit intended to track the U S church rsquo s response to the abuse of children by clergy according to guidelines first established by the 2002 Dallas Charter During the 2014 audit year July 1 2013 ndash June 30 2014

"The blood of our Christian brothers and sisters is a testimony which cries out to be heard by everyone who can still distinguish between good and evil."

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, who was convicted in 2012 on one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected child abuse.The Vatican announced the bishop's resignation April 21, specifying it was under the terms of the

Church and civil organizations are working to bring relief to victims.

April 20, 2015Santa MartaMay the witness of the martyrs help us to avoid the temptation of transforming our faith into power. Those were Pope Francis’ words during his homily at the morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta on Monday, as he reflected on the Gospel story of the crowds who come searc

The dominant rationale is that immigrant workers are "stealing" South Africans' jobs.

35,000 have arrived by boat in southern Europe. Some 1,600 are dead or missing.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert Finn from his post as pastor of the diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph Missouri The bishop was the first Catholic prelate to be convicted by a civil court in the United States for the criminal lsquo misdemeanor rsquo of not reporting a pr

A couple of recommendations from Matt Emerson on the Ignatian Educator blog

The Catholic Church in South Africa has called on faith and other communities to use their influence to stop xenophobic violence and urged help for its victims.Attacks on foreign nationals have left at least seven people dead, more than 5,000 displaced, and shops looted and razed. They started in Du

Commemorating the second anniversary of the kidnapping of two Syrian bishops, the Greek Orthodox patriarch lamented the indifference of the international community about their fate."We hope that the bishops are alive, but unfortunately the world is silent and nobody has provided physical eviden

Pittsburg bishop calls stay "a welcome but interim step" in pursuit of religious freedom

This is the sixteenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This post examines the second arrest of the disciples of Jesus in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can find links

When I first spotted David Brooks rsquo s ldquo A Moral Bucket List rdquo an excerpt from his new book on morality The Road to Character which appeared in the New York Times Apr 12 I zipped through it quickly without giving it a chance to sink in Today rsquo s letters page Apr 19 with 8 r

Soak the rich, the sinful, the spendthrifts or the tourists

A divided archdiocese calls for mercy and imagination, not digging in and building bunkers.

Shrinking congregations presents an opportunity to rethink small Christian communities

More than a dozen states, plus the District of Columbia, are considering controversial medically assisted death legislation this year.The laws would allow mentally fit, terminally ill patients age 18 and older, whose doctors say they have six months or less to live, to request lethal drugs.Oregon wa

The national Catholic community is remembering Cardinal Francis George who passed away Friday as a man of nbsp intelligence scholarship and leadership skills ndash with an often acerbic wit and penchant for controversial comments But for many of Chicago rsquo s 2 3 million Catholics George