By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked his safeguarding commission to provide an annual audit of what the church is doing to…
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has given his safeguarding commission a “very clear” mandate to encourage and supervise the world’s bishops’…
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — Leaders in Hispanic Catholic ministry who gathered in Washington April 26-30 for a national meeting used the occasion to…
By Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON — Catholic leadership should not neglect climate change in favor of social issues including abortion, a Georgetown University panel concluded…
By Fiona Basile MELBOURNE, Australia — Philippine elections are May 9, and a longtime advocate for Filipino farmers will be watching closely — from…
By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON — The cost of food in the United States has been going up as of late, but that’s not the…
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — If young people recognize all that they have received with gratitude and older people take the initiative of…
WASHINGTON — A federal judge at an April 25 hearing said he would grant the requests of three states to force the federal government…
WASHINGTON — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of its Committee on Migration have voiced their support for…
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach April 25 who…