Egypt’s Christians appear to already be paying a price for the Egyptian military’s decision to dislodge largely peaceful protests in Cairo with a large-scale dispersal operation that quickly became violent. Numbers are in flux but scores have perished as the military moved in this mornin
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Brother Gros, Ecumenical Leader, Dies at 75
Brother Gros participated in an untold number of dialogues with religious groups.
Adjuncts Seek Union Rep: Now Teach More Than Half the Classes at Some Catholic Schools
Will Catholic colleges and universities negotiate with their adjunct faculty members?
SNAP-attack?: House Republicans double down on cuts; Bishop Pates calls for compromise
House Republicans double down on cuts; Bishop Pates calls for compromise.
Kerry’s Mideast Gamble: Stakes are high in revival of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Secretary of State John Kerry and the U.S. State Department significantly raised the bar both on the ambitions and expectations for upcoming negotiations between West Bank Palestinians and the State of Israel. The wild card left out of the new discussions, which have set the laudable but so far elus
Was a Jesuit Priest Kidnapped in Syria?: Father Paolo Dall’Oglio’s whereabouts unknown, nuncio says
Paolo Dall’Oglio, S.J., has spent more than 30 years promoting Muslim-Christian dialogue.
Remembering Lindy Boggs: Former congresswoman and U.S. ambassador to Vatican, dies at 97
The career of the former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican spanned 60 years.
Pope Discusses Women, Divorce, His Own Spirituality
Pope Francis responded to reporters’ questions on his way home from Brazil.
Pope urges dialogue and ‘social humility,’ recommends a ‘culture of encounter’
“Today, either we stake all on dialogue, or we all lose,” Pope Francis said.
Pope with Parting Advice for Bishops: And a global commission for WYD participants
Acknowledging the Catholic Church's heavy loss of members in Brazil over recent decades, Pope Francis told the country's bishops that they must learn to understand and sympathize with the reasons for people's disaffection and speak to them in a simpler language of beauty, mystery and lov
