Well, it has been some kind of morning here in Catholic media land.

To call him a Renaissance Man is an understatement.

Catholicism has untold numbers of saints and many of them are beloved It is only right that in a ldquo universal church rdquo that this should be so sanctity and holiness are not the exclusive property of a few and the seemingly exponential variety and kinds of sainthood there is offers great ho

Pope Francis will open a homeless shelter on the edge of Vatican City, the latest move by the pontiff to help poor people in Rome.

As the June 18 release of the pope 39 s encyclical on the environment approaches pre-emptive commentary either lauding or diminishing its so-far unseen contents continues apace Asked to comment on the galloping punditry that has anticipated the encyclical Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski noted wit

U S Conference of Catholic Bishops President and Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz said U S bishops would welcome and cooperate with a new episcopal governing mechanism confirmed in an announcement from Rome this morning The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis had accepted the recommendati