When the Islamic State overran the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh last August, one of the priests there jumped into his car and joined the exodus of Christians on the road east in the hope of reaching the safety of Kurdish-controlled territory.Little did Father Bashar Kthea, a Syriac Catholic priest, know t
Pope Francis has named three auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, including Father Robert Barron, a popular commentator on the Catholic faith.
The Vatican’s financial chief, Cardinal George Pell, has taken the unusual step of criticizing Pope Francis’ groundbreaking environmental encyclical, arguing the Catholic Church has “no particular expertise in science.”Nearly 18 months after Pell was brought to the Vatic