VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The 115 cardinals participating in the conclave will know the identity of the new pope before the rest of the world, but their...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal-electors are caught in a Catch-22. They are eager to give the world a new pope; however, they need time to pick the right...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On his last full day as pope, Pope Benedict XVI delivered an unusually personal and emotional farewell address, thanking the...
The church is a mystery, or sacrament, and not primarily a means of salvation. The church is the whole People of God, not just the hierarchy. The whole People...
Today, Gallup released its May 3-6 Values and Beliefs Survey, which included birth control for the first time on its list of controversial practices for people...
Hardly a day has gone by in recent weeks without someone being upset about who is speaking at Catholic university graduation events. We’ve written...
In March of 2009 I was in Detroit, Michigan celebrating a conference championship for the Notre Dame men’s hockey team when I learned that the president of the...
While speaking to American bishops during their ad limina visit to Rome this past weekend, Pope Benedict XVI called for more strict oversight of Catholic...
It’s deja vu all over again: About 150 years ago the Vatican’s first response to the “modern world” of democratic reform and...
We first wrote nearly three months ago about a controversy on the campus of Vanderbilt University, where Catholics students balked at signing a university non...
