IMAGE: CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPh By Matthew Gambino PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Proclaiming his successor as "exactly the man our church needs," Archbishop Charles J. Chaput introduced...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia and has appointed Bishop Nelson J. Perez of Cleveland as...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ignatius Press By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The following is a short excerpt from the essay, "The Catholic Priesthood," by retired Pope Benedict XVI. The essay appears in the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In marking the "sorrowful anniversary" Jan. 22 of the Supreme Court's ruling legalizing abortion nationwide, the chairman of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Showing hospitality makes a person a better human being and a better Christian and is an important part of promoting...
By Edward Pentin | Around 130 invited lay faithful took part in a silent prayer demonstration in Munich at the weekend to call on Pope Francis and Germany’s bishops for “clarity and coherence” and an...
By Tito Edwards | Ask Father: Why Can’t I Confess My Sins to God & Not the Priest? – Fr. Z’s Blog +1 Was Jesus Nice? – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith +1 Staying True to the Church...
By Marge Fenelon | Some time ago, I attended a Mass celebrated by a holy priest from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Fr. Jean Pierre was studying at a Catholic university near my home in the...
By George Weigel | Americans not obsessed with politics — that is, most Americans — will start paying serious attention to the 2020 presidential race after the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses and the Feb. 11...
By Jonah McKeown/CNA | ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is set to open a conference for survivors of clerical sexual abuse on Thursday, with the goal of...