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A suspect in the attack on the Phoenix parish has been arrested

Although they have not yet reached full unity, Roman Catholics and Anglicans continue their dialogue, come together in prayer and work side by side, including on a new project to combat human trafficking around the world."I thank God that, as disciples sent to heal a wounded world, we stand tog

Pope Francis condemns ‘increasingly intolerable’ effects of the free market.

The spate of shooting incidents in America continued unabated into June: Oregon, Las Vegas, California.Cable news channels showed images of grieving families, disconsolate young people, grim-faced police chiefs and arrest photos of the suspects, be they alive or dead at their own hand."We'r

Pope Francis says our world economic system inevitably promotes military conflict.

During their June 11-13 spring general assembly in New Orleans, the nation's Catholic bishops voted to extend their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty and to approve work on a limited revision of their quadrennial document aimed at guiding Catholics in election decisions.They also were urged

Let the World Cup be a celebration of solidarity and peace, Pope Francis says

U.S. bishops gathered in New Orleans are urged to promote and support families.

The Brazilian bishops' conference has given the government and 2014 FIFA World Cup organizers a "red card" for putting the competition above the Brazilian people's basic needs.In soccer, a "red card" is given to players who commit serious fouls and are expelled from the g

Church leaders in northern Iraq struggled to find shelter for Christians who were among hundreds of thousands who fled Mosul, the country's second-largest city, after Islamist forces took over much of the town, a Chaldean Catholic archbishop said.Christians began fleeing early on June 9, Archbis