Dispatches

In an extraordinarily decisive act of governance that combines justice with mercy Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Scotland rsquo s Cardinal Keith O rsquo Brien from ldquo the rights and privileges rdquo of a cardinal In other words he remains a cardinal but without any public role

The Israeli electorate gave the country rsquo s political strongman Benjamin Netanyahu a measured victory earlier this week ensuring his Likud Party 30 of the 120 seats in the Knesset parliament and opening up the possibility for him to become Prime Minister for a fourth term nbsp He snatched

A funny thing happened on CBS’s “The Good Wife” last night.

In a surprising and far-reaching decision Pope Francis has announced an extraordinary ldquo Jubilee of Mercy rdquo that will extend from December 8 2015 to November 20 2016 and will involve the Catholic Church throughout the world He broke the news of this ldquo Extraordinary Holy Year of Mer

As you may have heard in recent weeks the Archdiocese of San Francisco has found itself embroiled in a conflict over new language being inserted into its schools rsquo employee handbook The full text of that new language can be found here Among a number of significant issues in play a main fla

According to a report in nbsp Avvenire the weekly newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference the beatification of El Salvador 39 s martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero will take place on May 23 at a ceremony in El Salvador the day before Pentecost Sunday The date was announced yesterday as Monsign

Scotland’s only recognized martyr was a champion for religious tolerance and freedom.

Yesterday in Northern California Apple filled in some of the details on its new Apple Watch And according to the Guardian its 18 karat solid gold edition can be yours for the low low price of 17 000 It rsquo s hard to argue with that isn rsquo t it I mean did you see the gold-encased iPhones

The Catholic Bishops rsquo Conference of England and Wales one of two Conferences in Britain has issued an outspoken open letter that discusses key issues in the forthcoming UK parliamentary election May 7 They cited immigration a hot-button topic in the national political conversation here a