Vatican trial raises more questions than answers
At the ongoing Vatican trial involving alleged embezzlement, money laundering and abuse of office, the defense has raised more questions about the prosecution's handling of the investigation into the Vatican's questionable majority share purchase of a London property.
Church cannot repair what it does not recognize, cardinal says on abuse
Gathering information and statistics on the sexual abuse of minors is an important tool for assessing established responses and for crafting recommendations to fix a failed system, said U.S. Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
With new COVID rules, New Zealand bishops to have Masses for unvaccinated
New Zealand's bishops said they will ensure that people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely attend Mass under a new system, while warning that unvaccinated priests will be limited in their ministry.
Armenian Orthodox: Spitting incident shows racism, hate
The Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem urged Israeli police to "seriously investigate" a Nov. 15 incident in which a young Orthodox Jewish man spit several times at the entrance of the patriarchate, then angrily gestured with his middle finger toward a surveillance camera.
Catholic advocates express optimism on future of immigration reform
Catholic immigration advocates sent a positive message to U.S. prelates at end of the Nov. 17 public session of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' fall general assembly, saying 3 million to 11 million people in the U.S. could soon benefit from some type of immigration reform.
Bishops encouraged to be creative as synodal process begins
The synodal process the church is entering into is meant to show that "no one is unimportant in this time of listening," Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, told his fellow bishops gathered for their annual fall general assembly.
Catholic leaders applaud decision to commute Julius Jones’ death sentence
Catholic opponents of the death penalty, including Oklahoma City's archbishop, praised the Nov. 18 announcement that the Oklahoma governor granted death-row inmate Julius Jones clemency -- just hours before he was scheduled to be executed.
Dialogue is not ‘synonymous’ with relativism, pope tells Swedish Academy
The world needs a culture of encounter that can open a way for respectful dialogue that doesn't resort to hostility, Pope Francis said.
To fight child labor, eliminate poverty, give adults fair wages, pope says
Extreme poverty, the lack of employment that can support a family and desperation are the major drivers of exploitative child labor, Pope Francis said.
With prayer and gifts, Nigerian nuns work to rescue women from sex trade
On a sunny afternoon, Sister Dorothy Okoli drove an unmarked Toyota Sienna from her convent to a hotel where young girls are trapped in prostitution.
