“We forget where we came from, not just as the early Christian church, but also as a country.”
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Pope Benedict XVI says he is ‘on a pilgrimage Home’
“My hour had passed and I had given all I could.”
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Updated Story: Two Mexican priests killed in ambush
The priests were traveling with four other passengers, all of whom were injured.
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Vatican special prosecutor changes plans, will interview Chile sex abuse victim in person
The Vatican’s sex-crimes expert is changing plans and will fly to New York to take in-person testimony from a Chilean sex-abuse victim whose pleas to be heard by Pope Francis were previously ignored.
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Top German Cardinal signals cautious support for blessing same-sex couples
Marx stopped short of a full endorsement of blessings for same-sex couples, but made it clear he was open to approving such benedictions in private ceremonies.
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Polish president signs law barring some Holocaust speech
The law has fueled a diplomatic crisis with Israel, which fears it would enable Poland to whitewash the role of the Poles who killed or denounced Jews during the Holocaust.
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Pope Francis: Beware of false prophets and cold hearts this Lent
The Pope called his message “Because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.”
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Catholic groups help Colombia rebuild following peace agreement
After 52 years of armed conflict in Colombia, government and rebel leaders reached a peace accord in late 2016. Now, the country is rebuilding.
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Philadelphia Eagles punter sees God’s hand in path to Super Bowl
Philadelphia Eagles punter Donnie Jones, a lifelong Catholic, believes that God has guided him throughout his NFL career and vocation as a husband and father.
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Indian reservations are in poor conditions, show no signs of improvement
“Today, Indians are the poorest of all American ethnic groups,” said Father Michael Carson, a Choctaw Indian who is assistant director of Native American affairs for the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church.