European scholars: Church could be player in solving economic crisis
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- While there is no roadmap to solving Europe's economic crisis, the Catholic Church -- with its history of serving the poor...
Work should help, not hinder, family life, pope says at audience
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Work obligations should not harm a person's family relationships but should provide support, giving couples the resources to have and...
Legionaries of Christ priest admits affair, removed from ministry
THORNWOOD, N.Y. (CNS) — A popular, telegenic Legionaries of Christ priest who has appeared over the years as a church analyst for CNN, CBS, ABC and Fox News has been removed from public ministry after admitting he had a relationship with a woman "a number of years ago" and fathered her child.
Vatican says reconciliation talks with SSPX still ongoing
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Reconciliation talks between the Vatican and the Society of St. Pius X have not reached their conclusion but will continue,...
Sarajevo’s Catholic leaders, mayor spar over minority rights
OXFORD, England (CNS) -- Sarajevo Catholic officials say the city's Muslim-dominated government is not protecting minority rights, but the mayor said his city is...
USCCB joins in petition asking US to change ‘outdated’ nuclear policy
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined about four dozen other national organizations in amassing more than 50,000 signatures on a...
Traditionalists and Rome strike contrasting notes on Jews
MENZINGEN, Switzerland (CNS) -- Of all the controversies associated with the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, no topic provokes stronger reactions inside or...
Obama ‘accommodation’ offers no fundamental change, USCCB attorneys say
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Although the Obama administration's proposed "accommodation" for religious employers to the mandate that contraceptives and sterilization be included in most health...
Traditionalist leader says group could divide over unity with Rome
MENZINGEN, Switzerland (CNS) -- The leader of a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics spoke in unusually hopeful terms about a possible reconciliation with Rome,...
Cardinal covers wide range of topics during Town Hall on SiriusXM radio
NEW YORK (CNS) -- In a genial, live, two-hour national satellite radio broadcast May 8, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York sent his...