Church’s inability to put victims first is ‘moment of shame,’ pope says
The Catholic Church's inability to make victims of abuse their top concern is a cause for intense shame, Pope Francis said.
Bishops to continue discussion of Catholics and Eucharist in fall meeting
When the U.S. bishops meet this fall for their annual assembly, they will revisit the discussion they began in mid-June about the Eucharist and will be presented with a drafted document on the "meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church."
New rule allowing Title X funds for abortion called ‘offensive’ to millions
The Biden administration's decision to allow Title X family planning funds go to health facilities that perform and promote abortion "is offensive to tens of millions of Americans," said the president of National Right to Life.
Texas village puts an exclamation point on its effort to end homelessness
Nobody ever thought that doing the good deed of feeding some homeless people in the Texas capital of Austin would spawn a neighborhood where the homeless are homeless no longer.
Hostility, conflict are fruits of the devil, pope tells Vatican police
The devil's mission is to destroy any peace and harmony in people's lives and relationships, Pope Francis said in a homily at Mass with members of the Vatican police force.
‘Awakening of the silent majority’: Pro-lifers take to streets in Mexico
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Mexico in marches promoted as "pro-woman and pro-life" and repudiating a recent Supreme Court decision decriminalizing abortion.
In weakness, Christians discover God’s fatherly love, pope says
When Christians recognize their own weakness and frailty, they discover God's love and care for them, Pope Francis said.
Three Swiss Guards quit over vaccine mandate
Three members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard have hung up their halberds rather than be vaccinated against COVID-19, and three others were temporarily suspended in early October as they were completing the vaccination cycle, the spokesman for the guards told a Swiss newspaper.
Being ‘different’ must never lead to exclusion, discrimination, pope says
Everyone, but especially the least and most fragile, is loved by God and has a place in the church and the world, Pope Francis told a Catholic movement that works with individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families.
Pope encourages young people to create a new economy
With a sense of responsibility, commitment and concern for the environment and for the poor, people who are young adults today may be the last generation able to ensure a healthy future for all the Earth's inhabitants, Pope Francis said.
