Dispatches

Pope Francis highlighted the killing and maltreatment of children in so many countries as he issued a passionate plea for peace in his second Christmas message to the city of Rome and to the World ldquo Urbi et Orbi rdquo and reminded his global audience that ldquo Jesus is the salvation for

Pope Francis in a hard hitting talk on the eve of Christmas called on all the members of the Roman Curia to examine their consciences on 15 possible ldquo diseases rdquo ldquo illnesses rdquo that they may have contracted during their lives in the service of the church nbsp Addressing the ca

Police officer will not be prosecuted for shooting death of African American man.

An internal Vatican document examines and disputes claim by Cardinal Pell.

I’d like to say what unsettled me about Serial was its lack of finality.

As much as we might hope that show business is a show—that is art—it’s also a business.

The following note has just been issued by the Vatican rsquo s Secretariat of State communicating Pope Francis rsquo congratulations to US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro for the historic decision by both Governments to establish diplomatic relations and with the aim of overc

Sister Mary Ann Zollmann former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious nbsp awoke at four this morning to watch on cable the announcement of the Vatican 39 s long-awaited report stemming from the six-year apostolic visitation Zollmann says she was heartened first of all by the

A process that many women rsquo s religious congregations once viewed as hurtful and intrusive has turned into a tale of transformation for the country rsquo s nearly 59 000 religious sisters That is how several sisters in leadership positions now describe the Vatican rsquo s ldquo apostolic visita

The enchanting music and song of the Missa Criolla resounded through St Peter rsquo s Basilica on the evening of Dec 12 as Francis the first Latin American pope celebrated mass on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and expressed the hope that the continent where he was born would distinguish its