(The Washington Post) – A week after the massacre at the headquarters of a French publication known for insulting adherents of several faiths, Pope Francis...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is increasing assistance to Western African countries hard-hit by the Ebola virus, setting aside 3 million euros ($3.55 million)...
VERBANIA, Italy (New York Times) — Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals from 14 countries on Sunday, continuing his efforts to diversify the church hierarchy and extend the...
Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service via USA TODAY VATICAN CITY (USA Today) — Pope Francis launched a blistering attack on the Vatican bureaucracy Monday, outlining a...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis denounced the right to die movement Saturday, saying it’s a “false sense of compassion” to consider euthanasia as...
RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — America’s Catholic bishops came together Monday to project an image of unity, after a Vatican meeting on the...
FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the hardships Catholics can face when seeking marriage annulments, revealing he once fired...
VATICAN CITY (USA Today) – China has reacted cautiously to a bid by Pope Francis to open new dialogue with Beijing, with some officials quick...
Nicole Winfield, ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has defrocked its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic for sexually abusing boys. It’s the first time...
Nicole Winfield, ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican conceded Thursday that most Catholics reject its teachings on sex and contraception as intrusive and irrelevant and...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has come out strongly against the legalization of recreational drugs, lending his voice to the debate which is raging...
NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has a message for the World Cup: Let football be a showcase for teamwork and solidarity,...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis ousted the all-Italian board of the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency Thursday and installed a more international set of experts following clashes between the...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist History is often made by leaders who make a consequential difference in quality of life of people. The...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The American Dream lives! It’s the current American reality that’s become a nightmare for millions upon millions whose lives,...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday (March 28) washed the feet of 12 young inmates, including two girls and two Muslims, during...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The selection of Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the next leader of the Catholic Church was, in some ways,...
