Over recent decades, some Church leaders have become ever more reticent in standing up for Catholic teaching, especially when it comes to morality. Rarely do these prelates defend the unborn from the pulpit, condemn the intrinsic evil of artificial contraception, or speak out against... Read more

The Catholic Family Celebrate The Feasts of All Saints and All Souls. The Catholic Church in her infinite wisdom has given us guideposts in her many feast days to help us in our daily journey. We are now coming to the Feasts of All Saints (Nov 1) and All Souls (Nov 2). For a Catholic family this... Read more

In a move that should surprise no one, Pope Francis has once again appeared to contradict two millennia of clear and consistent scriptural and Catholic teaching. The Vatican has announced that the Catechism of the Catholic Church will be changed to declare the death penalty... Read more

VATICAN CITY — St. Catherine of Siena Church was built by immigrants in a Catholic Boston neighborhood in the late 19th century. For more than a century, it welcomed the poor, the lost and the searching. Then in 2008, the church was closed. A decade later the building opened its doors... Read more

Rome is one of those cities that grabs hold of you and doesn’t let you go. As an Australian traveling here many times throughout my teenage years and into my twenties it was a cultural, food and fashion mecca. I finally answered the call and moved here just over 10 years ago and began... Read more

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican welcomes many conferences and symposiums throughout any given year, but few of them include celebrities, famous physicians, medical researchers and some of the world’s leading philanthropists. This is precisely what happened April 26-28 during the fourth... Read more

There are many roles that come to mind when one thinks of a parish priest or pastor: he is to celebrate the Liturgy, to preach, to teach, and to care for the people’s pastoral needs. In the reading for Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent, Jeremiah refers to a role many of us would not think... Read more

WASHINGTON — For close to 70 years, the Catholic Church has been quietly involved on the island of Taiwan, working in the vineyards as an existential geopolitical question about the island’s status — is it an independent nation or a piece of mainland China? — hums in the... Read more

The recent testimony of female celebrities and ordinary women who have been preyed upon sexually by powerful men has demanded a reckoning across many sectors of American life. “We are finally becoming conscious of a vice that has been socially accepted,” said the actress Salma Hayek, who... Read more

Newspapers and websites erupted over the weekend with headlines like: Lord's Prayer: Pope Francis calls for change (BBC) Pope Francis proposes change to the Lord's Prayer (AOL) Pope Francis wants to change the Lord's Prayer - Here's why (Catholic.Org) Pope Francis calls for... Read more