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Ever since Frank Mulbah’s mother died of Ebola in August, no one will go near him.“I went to my relatives after my mother died, but they chased me away, even after I told them that I didn’t have Ebola,” said Frank, 12, who tested negative for Ebola at the hospital where his m

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, one of the Catholic Church's best known cardinal-theologians, said the Catholic Church must hold together truth and mercy, even if it is criticized for its attempt.The cardinal, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the son of divorce

The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family must put greater focus on the beauty of the Christian vision of marriage and not let an approach of "welcoming" and mercy override the church's duty to call people to turn away from sin, according to a number of reports from the synod&#3

The tug-of-war at the Vatican over calls for the Catholic Church to be more open to gays and cohabiting couples intensified on Oct. 16 as conservative bishops sought to rein in or renounce draft language they feared might condone lifestyles not in accord with church teachings.The lobbying at the two

Working-group reports counteract what he characterizes as a misleading interim text.

No hand-holding during ‘Our Father’ in Diocese of Fort Worth

Known chiefly for ‘Humanae Vitae,’ Paul was also a reformer, bridge-builder

Proposed changes highlight ‘importance of the witness of sacrificial, loving families today’

‘Responsibility to protect’ must be part of ‘rule of law,’ he says

Strikingly conciliatory language of midterm report stirs controversy among bishops.