The Vatican appointed a retired China-friendly cardinal to head the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong on Monday.
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Knights take stand against lawmakers’ judicial litmus test
The supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus said senators have no business questioning a federal judicial nominee’s membership in the Knights.
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What to do about escalating numbers of asylum-seeking families
There is plenty of work to be done at the border that does not include building a wall.
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Jesuit priest remains House Chaplain in new Congress
Lawmakers voted late Jan. 3 to keep Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy, the 60th chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, in the post for the next two years.
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Hysterectomy can be morally licit in limited situations, Vatican says
The church teaches that sterilization is morally unacceptable, but a hysterectomy could be if the uterus could not sustain a pregnancy, according to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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Argentine bishop at Vatican under preliminary investigation for sexual abuse allegations
The Vatican has confirmed that an Argentine bishop, who resigned suddenly in 2017 for stated health reasons and then landed a top administrative job at the Holy See, is under preliminary investigation after priests accused him of sexual abuse and other misconduct.
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Sex Abuse Crisis: What dioceses have released names (so far)?
Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred at least in part by a shocking grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, an Associated Press review has found.
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Are you concerned about immigration? In a new poll, many Americans say they are
An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted shortly before the shutdown began finds that both Republicans and Democrats are far more likely to include immigration in their list of top issues facing the country this year compared with a year ago.
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German cardinal calls for ‘new thinking’ ahead of celibacy discussion
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising spoke as the German bishops’ conference prepares for a workshop debate to “review” the issue of celibacy for priests.
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Are robots pro-life? The Vatican investigates.
Even though today’s modern tools and technologies are hardly human, the Pontifical Academy for Life is zeroing in on the world of robots and machines powered by artificial intelligence.