The silver dome of Our Lady of the Spasm Armenian Catholic Church and the golden Dome of the Rock rise over the Old City of Jerusalem. (iStock/rrodrickbeiler)

The clash of populations? Global Muslim numbers projected to catch up to Christians by 2060

by Kevin Clarke April 20, 2017

In Europe the Christian population is dying faster than it is being replaced. In North America, the number of Christian deaths will begin to exceed the number of births to Christian parents by around 2050.

Mourners attend the April 10 funeral for victims of a bomb attack the previous day at the Orthodox Church of St. George in Tanta, Egypt. (CNS photo/Mohamed Hossam, EPA)

Faith, News

Pope Francis’ goals for Egypt trip: Strengthening weary Christians and reaching out to all

by Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service April 20, 2017

Pope Francis “will affirm that there is a certain solidarity among Christians” and that “we are all related together by Jesus.”

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Faith, Faith in Focus

A Sorta Catholic’s Very Catholic Wedding

by Tracey Wigfield April 20, 2017

Turns out, like having a kid or climbing Mount Everest or doing anything worth doing, you can’t sorta get married.

President Donald Trump talks about the Veterans Choice Program Extension and Improvement Act before signing it, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

Will he or won’t he? Speculation builds on Trump meeting with Pope Francis

by Gerard O’Connell April 20, 2017

The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, told America that no official request for an audience had arrived at the Vatican from the U.S. president as of late Wednesday evening, April 19.

Portuguese shepherd children Lucia dos Santos, center, and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, are seen in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima. (CNS photo/EPA)

Faith, News

Pope Francis to canonize Fatima seers May 13; October date for other saints

by Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service April 20, 2017

Pope Francis will declare the sainthood of Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, two of the shepherd children who saw Mary in Fatima, Portugal, during his visit to the site of the apparitions May 13.

Faith, The Good Word

What Saints Thomas and Thérèse learned when they touched the body of Christ

by Terrance Klein April 20, 2017

If we have faith, like Thomas and Thérèse did, we learn from Jesus that to love someone is to promise never to leave them.

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Faith, News

Arsonists strike cathedral in Nepal capital

by Catholic News Service April 19, 2017

Father Ignatius Rai, pastor of the cathedral parish, said “unknown persons” broke into the church premises and started a fire that partially damaged the priest’s residence and the western part of the church.