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In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd from the window of the Pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
FaithNews
An inside look at the lives of two former popes, and the breakfasts they ate
Monika Scislowska - Associated Press
John Paul liked scrambled eggs on bacon for breakfast. Benedict spent his free time playing the piano, reading, listening to classical music.
Bishop R. Walker Nickless of Sioux City, Iowa, lays hands on Deacon Andy Galles during his ordination into the priesthood on June 3 at the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City. (CNS photo/Jerry L Mennenga)
FaithNews
Local leaders could soon decide which deacons can become priests
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals discussed the possibility of allowing local bishops rather than the Vatican decide on certain matters.
World Youth Day pilgrims listen as Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., speaks in 2016 at Sacred Heart Church in Krakow, Poland. The October 2018 Synod of Bishops at the Vatican will focus on young people. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
FaithNews
Cramming for Synod, Vatican has some questions for young people
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16-to 29-year-olds around the world.
Arts & CultureBooks
The man who fought papal infallibility
John W. O’Malley
Largely forgotten today, Ignaz von Döllinger was one of the most widely respected Catholic intellectuals of his day.
Children play with mud on April 24 at a camp for people displaced by violence near Sanaa, Yemen. (CNS photo/Khaled Abdullah, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Not protecting child migrants is an "insult to human dignity," Vatican says
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Policies that involve criminalizing and detaining child migrants "are an insult to human dignity," the Vatican observer to U.N. said.
A gold-leaf statue depicting the ancient Mormon prophet, Moroni, is prepared for placement on one of the spires of the new Mormon temple in Rome on March 25, 2017. Photo courtesy of Claudio Falanga/Intellectual Reserve Inc.
FaithNews
In the shadow of St. Peter’s, a Mormon temple rises in Italy
Josephine McKenna - Religion News Service
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has an estimated 26,000 members in Italy, with the biggest missions based in Milan and Rome.
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