More than 100,000 Christians from the area had already left. The archbishop of Mosul begged the remainder to flee, too.“They [Kurdish fighters] left us alone, and we were few in number with no weapons, and we could do nothing to face the Islamic State,” said Banni. “We ran.”A

“Well, she read in the newspaper that you pick up after yourself and you cook your own food and wash your own clothes,” Archbishop Tobin recalled telling him. “She’s had it up to here with the sort of monarchic church!”The future pope laughed, and the remarks apparently

Heavy damage was reported to homes and farmland in the northern Philippines on Oct. 20 after the strongest storm in three years struck overnight. Typhoon Haima barreled into northern Cagayan and Isabella provinces, ripping the roofs off homes and flattening crops. By late Oct. 21, 13 people had been

Recreational marijuana could soon be legal in at least five states.

"May all of us working together find the courage to move forward in a manner that brings peace to our beloved community," said Bishop Pates.

Clinton is supported by 51 percent of Catholic. Trump polled at just 40 percent.

Chaos and intransigence in the universities is matched by absurd criminal charges against a minister of finance who may only be doing his job too well.

Pope Francis told journalists, “How I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!”

Mary is known most as “mother,” while many women today are single longer or single mothers.

You don’t earn heaven on earth—and you don’t earn it in purgatory either.