Ex-principal pleads guilty to stealing over $835,000 from Catholic school
Federal prosecutors filed charges June 8 against a now-retired woman religious who has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and money laundering for stealing over $835,000 in funds from a Catholic elementary school in Torrance, California, where she had been the principal.
Sense of hope is required for Catholic journalists, Archbishop Lori says
Seeing the signs of the times through the lens of wisdom and hope is not only a professional requirement for Catholic journalists, but also a deeply personal matter, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore told Catholic Media Conference attendees watching a livestreamed Mass from Baltimore's Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
Webinar offers guidance on helping former women inmates reenter society
The founder of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston's program Angela House addressed a national webinar recently about what is needed most to help imprisoned women successfully transition back to their community and families.
Seminarians learn more from their leaders’ lives than words, pope says
Seminarians can learn more from the way their bishops, rectors, spiritual directors and formators live than from what they say, Pope Francis said.
Search for Christian unity must start with love, pope says
While theological dialogue is important in the search for Christian unity, it cannot take the place of Christians simply sharing a meal, recognizing they are brothers and sisters and loving one another, Pope Francis said.
Caritas tells G7 leaders debt relief is key to global COVID-19 recovery
The world cannot recover from the health and economic crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and tackle climate change without debt relief for the world's poorest countries, said the secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis.
Pope denies cardinal’s request to resign; agrees ‘we have sinned’
Agreeing with German Cardinal Reinhard Marx that Catholic leaders cannot adopt an "ostrich policy" in the face of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis still told the cardinal that he would not accept his resignation as head of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
Pope orders visitation of clergy congregation before prefect retires
As he did before naming a new prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, Pope Francis has asked a bishop to conduct an official visit of the Congregation for Clergy.
Prioritization, not polarization, is Catholic media’s role, bishop says
The top priority of the church is to "proclaim the word of God," said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles in a June 10 keynote address during the Catholic Media Conference.
Texas city’s ordinance creating ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’ takes effect
After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood's challenge to a Lubbock ordinance that declares the city a "Sanctuary for the Unborn," a lawyer with the Chicago-based Thomas More Society said he believes these sanctuary cities have solid footing in Texas law.
