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Aid official says Gazans’ situation worse than during war

Pope Francis is a radical reformer who is facing enemies—inside and outside of the church—opposed to at least some parts of his agenda, said a prominent church historian.Massimo Faggioli, an expert on the Second Vatican Council and the author of several books, said the pope is not a libe

A prominent Syrian Christian political leader has called for U.S.-led coalition forces to use airstrikes to aid fellow Christian and Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants following reports of flagrant abductions and church burnings in northwest Syria."There is a need for immediate a

Catholic officials in Latvia are trying to stay out of the region's ideological war with neighboring Russia."Latvia is home to a large Russian population and there are Russian-speakers in the Catholic Church. We're sensitive to historical animosities here, which could be reignited and u

Two Syrian-born patriarchs separately urged the international community to work together to address the crisis in Syria and the region.Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham, speaking to Catholic News Service on Feb. 26 from the patriarchate in Damascus, Syria, said "it is shocking that

The University of Notre Dame website went dark on Feb. 26; it’s usually lively front page replaced by an image of Father Theodore Hesburgh and a quote from the same: “I never wanted to be anything but a priest, which is in itself a great and unearned grace. I hope to live and die a pries

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is forming a committee of theology teachers from the archdiocesan high schools to expand and adjust the language of proposed statements on Catholic teaching on sexual morality and religious practice to be included in the faculty and staff handbooks of

Pope Francis’ planned visit to Bangui will be a “sign of divine goodness”

A homeless man who faithfully attended Mass at a church inside Vatican City for decades was buried in a Vatican cemetery after it was discovered he had died and was left unidentified in a hospital morgue.Willy Herteleer was well-known by the Swiss Guards keeping watch at St. Anne's Gate, by loca