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Pope Francis takes a dim view of the death penalty, but not all Catholics are convinced

By David Gibson

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) Pope Francis last week (March 20) issued his most forceful call yet to abolish the death penalty, one that seemed to go...

Kara Tippetts, Brittany Maynard, and ‘death with dignity’

By Cathy Lynn Grossman

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) Metastatic breast cancer took Kara Tippetts from her pastor husband, Jason, and their four children on...

Scandal-scarred Cardinal Keith O’Brien renounces ‘rights and privileges’ of his office

By David Gibson

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who was accused of sexually harassing several men in a scandal that exploded on the...

Gay and transgender inmates invited to lunch with Pope Francis during prison visit

By David Gibson

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) When Pope Francis pays a visit to Naples this Saturday (March 21) he will have lunch with some 90 inmates at a...

No sprinklers required: How my church kept homeless people off church steps (COMMENTARY)

By Linda Kaufman

c. 2015 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco is getting bad press this week over a sprinkler system...

St. Louis archdiocese cancels speech by visionary who saw the Virgin Mary at Medjugrorje

By Lilly Fowler

c. 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS (RNS) To Roman Catholic officialdom, it’s unclear whether the Virgin Mary appeared to Ivan Dragicevic and five...

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Kenyan Catholic Church fights hunger by farming land reserves

By Fredrick Nzwili

c. 2015 Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Drying livestock carcasses and anguished faces of hungry women and children have become a common feature...

Will Pope Francis have a short papacy? Don’t bet on it

By David Gibson

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) In a wide-ranging interview he gave for the second anniversary of his election, Pope Francis touched on a variety of...

Catholics battle over inclusion of LGBT groups in St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

By David Gibson

c. 2015 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) St. Patrick’s Day is associated as much with Roman Catholicism as it is with Irish-Americans, but this year...

Can Catholic hospitals continue to serve the poor? One program tries.

By Lilly Fowler

c. 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS (RNS) In 1836, several French nuns established hospitals and schools here and in California. Today, an...

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