VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI marked the 150th anniversary of the Pontifical North American College, and said the seminary deserves thanks for “training generations of worthy preachers of the Gospel and ministers of the sacraments.”Read More
VATICAN CITY – The pope’s chief liturgist, Monsignor Guido Marini, endorsed calls in the church for a “reform of the reform” of Catholic liturgy.Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – Three more Irish bishops have announced their resignations, bringing the total to four who have resigned as a result of a recent report on how the Dublin Archdiocese covered up clerical sex abuse allegations and put children at risk of further abuse.Read More
WASHINGTON – An ongoing debate about U.S. Catholic institutions of higher education maintaining their Catholic identity escalated in 2009 when the University of Notre Dame in Indiana invited President Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address.Read More
WASHINGTON – Although the ultimate fate of health reform legislation in the U.S. Congress remained up in the air as the end of 2009 neared, one thing is certain: With their unequivocal call to keep the legislation abortion-neutral, the U.S. bishops had a strong influence on the debate.Read More
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The world must confront its current moral crises, ranging from hunger to environmental destruction, with “discernment and new thinking,” said the head of the Vatican delegation to the United Nations climate change conference.Read More
Kids will blog anyway – why not teach them how to blog correctly? So goes the general mindset of the Division of Catholic Schools in its major effort to stay ahead of technology, beginning with a strategic plan spearheaded in 2000.Read More
It is foolish to think eliminating the death penalty is the “final step” to civilizing the world (CR, July 17). Each generation faces a world under Satan’s influence. The final step is dying with Christ.Read More
VATICAN CITY – For years, the Vatican has suggested that a promising area of ecumenical cooperation was a joint struggle by Christian churches against the moral and social challenges posed by a predominantly secular society.Read More