Prominent Anglican bishop who served in U.S. received into Catholic Church

A prominent Anglican bishop has joined the Catholic Church and will be ordained as a priest at the end of October.

President Biden and Pope Francis scheduled to meet Oct. 29

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will have an audience with Pope Francis Oct. 29, the day before the G20 Leaders' Summit starts in Rome, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Oct. 14.

Job creation strengthens dignity in a way subsidies can’t, pope says

While government subsidies are necessary sometimes to help a family survive, job creation is what will help them thrive, Pope Francis said.

Greater awareness of human trafficking needed, panel says

Religious and lay women on the front lines against human trafficking said that greater awareness and education are needed about the reality of modern slavery in the world, especially among young people.

Pope to pharmacists: Do not become accessories to homicide of abortion

All health care professionals have a right to conscientious objection, just as they have a right to denounce unjust harm inflicted on innocent and defenseless life, Pope Francis said.

Saintly popes: People question whether canonizing popes is a good idea

With the news that Pope John Paul I would soon be beatified, Twitter and other social media were filled -- again -- with the question: Has being pope become a shortcut to canonization?

Supreme Court likely to reinstate death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

Just two days after this year's Boston Marathon, the Supreme Court revisited the bombing at the 2013 race that killed three people and injured hundreds.

‘Live fullness of life now’ is lesson for contemporary times, cardinal says

In a jubilant Mass Oct. 9 concluding the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington called the congregation to remember the Gospel's lesson to "live the fullness of life even now," despite struggles including societal disparities that disadvantage some people.

U.S. urged to lead way to help world’s poorer nations recover from pandemic

As the fight against COVID-19 continues in the United States, the nation's leaders also must not forget the ongoing struggle with the pandemic in poorer nations, particularly in Africa.

Woman religious who crusaded against nuclear weapons dies at 91

Sister Megan Rice, whose yearslong crusade against nuclear weapons included serving two years behind bars for a felony, died Oct. 10 at the Rosemont residence of her religious order, the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. She was 91.