Dispatches

Last month I published a number of articles about the surveys being used to gather information from Catholics all over the world in preparation for next October rsquo s Synod on the Family In the last of my four pieces I tried to find out what was being done in other parts of the world In a number

Pope Francis spent 50 minutes with a delegation from the Leadership Conference of American Women Religious LCWR today after the Vatican rsquo s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF and the LCWR announced in a joint report that they had reached a positive conclusion to a three-year e

Cardinal Sean O rsquo Malley put the question of the accountability on the table of this week rsquo s meeting of the pope with his ldquo Council of Nine rdquo cardinal advisors His intent is to find a juridical and competent way to deal effectively with bishops and religious superiors who abuse t

As congressional opponents of the ldquo Lausanne framework rdquo agreement with Iran prepped for Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings tomorrow proponents of the deal meant to hamstring Iran rsquo s purported nuclear weapons development got some help today from the U S bishops Las Cruces

Up to 1,500 migrants rescued over Easter weekend

Turkish authorities protest the pope’s characterization of the mass killing

Imagine if you could tweet questions, concerns and praise to your parish.

Massachusetts bishops reject the use of capital punishment.

Here in Britain we cling to many habits that have long outlived their relevance or utility not least the notion that an electoral campaign runs for only the three weeks prior to the Parliamentary General Election We used to shake our heads in feigned wonder when we noted that U S White House cam