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Msgr. Dario Vigano, then-prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, is pictured at a news conference at the Vatican in this Feb. 8 file photo. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Msgr. Vigano after a very public controversy involving the use of a letter by retired Pope Benedict XVI. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope accepts resignation of communications prefect

Cindy Wooden
March 21, 2018
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After a very public controversy involving the use of a letter by retired Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Monsignor Dario Vigano as prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, 98, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team and campus icon, smiles during an appearance on "Windy City Live" March 12 to discuss her bracket and the team's NCCA tournament run. (CNS photo/courtesy Loyola University Chicago)

Pregame prayer, solid teamwork clinched win for Loyola, says nun-chaplain

Catholic News Service
March 20, 2018
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A religious sister who is the longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team credited the pregame prayer and the players’ solid teamwork for the Ramblers’ thrilling, last-second 64-62 win over the University of Miami in the NCAA Tournament on March 15.

Pope Francis greets Nick Lopez, 27, director of campus ministry for the University of Dallas, during a pre-synod gathering of youth delegates at the Pontifical International Maria Mater Ecclesiae College in Rome March 19. The meeting was in preparation for the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment this October at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope asks youths to help rejuvenate church; youths ask church to listen

Cindy Wooden
March 20, 2018
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The Catholic Church needs the enthusiasm, daring and hope of young people so that it can preach the Gospel energetically and respond to the questions men and women raise today, Pope Francis told some 300 young adults.

Parish and archdiocesan leaders participate in a March 8 workshop at St. Michael in Poplar Springs regarding “The Catholic Church and Gender Identity.” (Christopher Gunty/ CR Staff)

Gender identity workshop highlights church teaching, pastoral response

Christopher Gunty
March 19, 2018
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Presenters at a workshop for parish and archdiocesan leaders regarding “The Catholic Church and Gender Identity” emphasized the need to take every case individually in order to provide pastoral care.

This is part of the cover of "To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism" by Ross Douthat. The book is reviewed by David Cloutier. (CNS)

Despite flaws, book offers fair assessment of Francis’ papacy so far

David Cloutier
March 19, 2018
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The book is certainly the best extant treatment of the state of the Catholic Church in the Francis era. It is readable, broadly accurate and (while Douthat clearly has a point of view) reasonably fair in its treatment of the events.

Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates Mass at the Shrine of St. Pio of Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, March 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Imitate St. Pio’s life, don’t forget poor, marginalized, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves
March 19, 2018
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Many people admire St. Padre Pio, but too few imitate him, especially in his care for the weak, the sick and those who modern culture treats as disposable, Pope Francis said during Mass at Padre Pio’s shrine.

The second page of the letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI to Msgr. Dario Vigano, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, is seen in this photo released by the Vatican March 17. A full copy of the letter was released after an earlier photo of it became controversial because parts of the letter were deliberately blurred by the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican releases full text of contested letter from Pope Benedict

Cindy Wooden
March 19, 2018
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Five days after releasing only a portion of a letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI regarding a collection of books about the theology of Pope Francis, the Vatican Secretariat for Communication released the complete text of the letter.

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