'Some procedures are so long and so burdensome...people give up.'

Cardinal says mergers tough to take, but address population shifts

The interreligious Vatican-sponsored gathering will take place Nov. 17-19.

Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon's assisted suicide law, ended her life Nov. 1. She was 29 years old."We are saddened by the fact that this young woman gave up hope, and now our c

Regional humanitarian crisis is worse than he imagined

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila said the Synod of Bishops on the family was more than a series of discussions on divorce and gay unions and that the impact of poverty on families, especially in Asia, was a major concern of participants."Poverty is really affecting the Filipino family in a