The alliance between the man and the woman images God in an irreplaceable way.

Big hitters on presentation panel indicate importance of the text

The encyclical, to be published on June 18, is titled "Laudato Sii" ("Praised Be").

Criminal charges were filed today against the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis stemming from its handling of a troubled priest who was eventually convicted of child abuse in 2013 and defrocked in March Ramsey County prosecutors charged the archdiocese as a corporation with six gross misdeme

The church and public morality, from Leo XIII to Francis

This week in the print magazine Jim McDermott S J writes about the unique character of the quot The Church in the West quot nbsp As part of that project he had the opportunity to interview a number of bishops about their experiences in their own dioceses and within the U S Catholic Conference

This week in the print magazine Jim McDermott S J writes about the unique character of the quot The Church in the West quot As part of that project he had the opportunity to interview a number of bishops about their experiences in their own dioceses and within the US Catholic Conference of Bis

A monthlong review of a key nuclear weapons treaty saw the nuclear powers stepping back from an opportunity to alter the status quo, much to the disappointment of Catholic peace advocates.

The next time you are about to throw out that half-eaten container of fast-food take-out consider these facts about one-third of the world rsquo s food production and consumption nbsp systems either gets lost or wasted mdash that comes to about 1 3 billion tons the value of which comes to the as

Church leaders cannot be indifferent to the plight of immigrants, and it is "inexcusable" not to promote cooperation between a host nation and countries of origin, Pope Francis told bishops from the Dominican Republic."It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcom