Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
Italian bishops conference authorizes independent review of clergy abuse cases, says...
ROME -- The Italian bishops' conference will "soon" begin a pilot program to research cases of alleged abuse against minors that were reported to...
Blessed Carlo Acutis the first millennial to become a saint: ‘To...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in...
Pope Francis says ‘the greatest enemy of faith is fear’
VATICAN CITY -- The greatest enemy of faith is fear, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience.
That is why faith is the first...
Synod of Bishops on synodality’s success depends on the inclusion of...
ROME -- The success of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will much depend on also including parish priests in the process, said Cardinal...
Human life becomes commodity with surrogacy, say global ban advocates
ROME -- A broad cultural shift is needed to recognize surrogacy is not a "right" but a violation of human dignity and of the...
Pope Francis tells young people they ‘are the living hope of...
VATICAN CITY -- Young people need to understand how much Christ loves them unconditionally and how much the church needs their voices and presence,...
Catholics urged to support Middle East Christians in traditional Good Friday...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis plans to launch a humanitarian project in Gaza or the West Bank with the possible help of the traditional...
Catholics urged to support Middle East Christians through Good Friday collection
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis plans to launch a humanitarian project in Gaza or the West Bank with the possible help of the...
Pope Francis says to turn away from the difference between men...
VATICAN CITY -- The gifts of men and women are "fruitful" together, and to erase the difference between men and women "is to erase...
Gian Lorenzo Bernini masterpiece restoration at St. Peter’s Basilica set to...
VATICAN CITY -- Like a giant Tinkertoy construction, a skeletal tower of scaffolding slowly inched its way up the twisting bronze columns of the...