The bishop said contemporary society was “showered with random data” and often showed a “frightening superficiality towards moral issues.”
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Canadian Bishops detail how to care for those considering euthanasia
The four-page letter offers a “pastoral reflection” on the challenges the assisted-dying law.
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Pope Francis: Section on divorce in ‘Amoris’ came from listening and discernment
Pope Francis said the “richest experience” of the church operating in a way that is not strictly “top down” came from the two meetings of the Synod of Bishops on the family.
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Oakland bishop prays for victims and responders to Oakland fire
As of Dec. 6, the death toll was 36 and officials said that no additional bodies have been recovered.
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Who’s more addicted to their smart phone, parents or their children?
The study reported 78 percent of parents believe they are good media and technology role models for their children.
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Read how the Diocese of Honolulu responded to the Pearl Harbor attack, 75 years ago
These are the opening words of the front-page editorial of The Catholic Herald published four days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
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This bishop has helped free over 200 Christian hostages from ISIS
Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.
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Catholic Charities just opened an immigrant relief center in the Rio Grande Valley
“God asked the church especially to be a sign of his love by continuing to open up a space where our service to one another can be manifested,” Bishop Daniel E. Flores said.
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Victim advocates are wary of new priest abuse victims program.
The New York archdiocese’s program lets people take claims to a noted outside mediator while keeping painful details private.
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‘Christmas hope still flickers’ in Bethlehem
After two Christmas seasons in which the political reality had overtaken holiday cheer, people seemed primed to finally feel some merriment in Bethlehem.