We are family: Pope to give Catholic families hope in troubled times
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the world's families at a time when the institution of the family is under...
European scholars: Church could be player in solving economic crisis
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- While there is no roadmap to solving Europe's economic crisis, the Catholic Church -- with its history of serving the poor...
Work should help, not hinder, family life, pope says at audience
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Work obligations should not harm a person's family relationships but should provide support, giving couples the resources to have and...
NATO summit, protests provide some lessons for Catholic school students
CHICAGO (CNS) -- With world leaders descending on Chicago for the May 20-21 NATO summit, some Catholic school teachers were incorporating lessons about the...
Catholics must accept Vatican II, including on Judaism, cardinal says
ROME (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's relationship to Judaism as taught by the Second Vatican Council and the interpretations and developments of that teaching...
Violence in Latin America seen as a threat to US security
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a country that has seen more than 50,000 deaths in six years, it took the finding of 49 headless bodies,...
US, UK faith-based agencies aim to halt trafficking at London Olympics
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- More than three dozen U.S. and British faith-based investment firms have banded together to get the Summer Olympics' major sponsors and...
NCCW president says women ‘reawakening’ to how much Church needs them
MELBOURNE, Fla. (CNS) -- The president of the National Council of Catholic Women said she sees "a reawakening of women now that they're seeing...
Regarding SSPX, Vatican officials discuss levels of Church teaching
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The documents of the Second Vatican Council possess different levels of authority and thus command different levels of acceptance by...
Pope tells U.S. bishops to build Church unity
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged American Catholics to strive for greater unity, especially among ethnic groups and between bishops and religious...
