Nations should fight poverty, hunger, not each other, pope says
The real battles people should be fighting and funding are the ones against hunger, thirst, poverty, disease and slavery, Pope Francis said.
Opening Curia posts to laity, pope is implementing Vatican II, experts say
A Vatican office led by a cardinal or archbishop has no more authority than one led by a layperson because all offices of the Roman Curia act in the name of the pope, said experts presenting Pope Francis' new constitution on the Curia's organization.
Despite opposition, Colorado Senate committee OKs ‘radical’ abortion bill
After hearing hours of testimony March 17 from hundreds of people opposed to a measure that would make Colorado "the most radical abortion state in the country," as many said, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee OK'd the bill in a 3-2 party line vote just after midnight.
Pope asks bishops worldwide to join consecration of Ukraine, Russia
Pope Francis has asked bishops around the world to join him March 25 in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, something bishops in every part of the globe had started announcing the minute they heard what the pope had planned.
March Madness starts with Saint Peter’s stunning upset of Kentucky
St. Peter gained the upper hand on St. Patrick's Day when the underdog team of the small Jesuit school, Saint Peter's University of Jersey City, New Jersey, upset the mighty University of Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Pope to consecrate Russia, Ukraine to Mary
Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a penitential prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica March 25, the Vatican said.
‘Defend these innocent civilians,’ says Ukrainian Catholic archbishop
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about "the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that's deadly for oligarchies and authoritarian rulers," said the archbishop who serves as a "foreign minister" for the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Texas Supreme Court rules against challenge to abortion law
In a March 11 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ended a challenge by abortion clinics to a state law that bans most abortions in Texas.
Prayers of sixth-grade girls at St. John XXIII Catholic School spark ‘amazing’ international rescue...
The power of prayer plus the aid of technology united two families thousands of miles apart in an international rescue operation. And it was all at the instigation of two 12-year-old girls.
Nicaragua expels the Vatican ambassador
The Vatican called Nicaragua's expulsion of the Vatican ambassador "grave and unjustified" as the rift deepened between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
