Following the publication of a blistering report detailing decades of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, the Vatican has voiced shame and has sent a message to victims, saying Pope...
After months of leaving the “sostituto,” or deputy, post at the Vatican Secretariat of State vacant, Pope Francis Wednesday tapped Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra for the position – a...
After a major bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday, killing 38 and leaving many others wounded or missing, Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims and all those effected by the disaster...
Pope Francis is traveling to Ireland specifically for the World Meeting of Families, but the sex abuse crisis is dominating headlines before his Aug. 25-26 trip.
Crux interviews Barbara Jatta, Director of the Vatican Museums and, depending on how one evaluates such things, arguably the highest-ranking woman in the Vatican.
By Carl E. Olson | This article originally appeared at Catholic World Report and is reprinted with permission. Philip F. Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for decades...
By K.V. Turley | “LOOSE! … HEAVE! … ATTACK! … INTO THE MOOT!” Suddenly the men roaring these words fell silent. They had been told to do so by a mild-mannered American sitting listening intently to...
By Jim Schroeder | As Catholics, we are all familiar with the way the Church attempts to preserve the sanctity and dignity of human life. In various ways, we are taught that the Church believes that...
By Tito Edwards | A Failing Episcopal Establishment - R.R. Reno, First Things+++ May Catholics Attend a “Gay Wedding” for Pastoral Reasons? – Fr. David Nix, Pilgrim Priest Did Catholics...
By Matthew Bunson | Two days after the release of the devastating Pennsylvania grand jury report that documented clergy sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses over the span of 70 years, the two...