Released Oct. 21, the film gave some people the erroneous impression that Pope Francis approved civil union laws that would equate gay couples to married couples. Pope Francis consistently has said that gay people deserve love, respect and the protection of the law; however, he has insisted marriage can be only between a man and a woman.

A former priest who had been an early spiritual adviser to the alleged visionaries of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, has been excommunicated, according to an announcement by the Diocese of Brescia, Italy, where he lives.

Fr. Sean Carroll provides a brief update on what is happening at the Kino Border Initiative. As of the end of September, we had served 94,631 meals, had led 21 educational immersion experiences and had offered 61 presentations. 

FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students is a Catholic collegiate outreach whose mission is to share the hope and joy of the gospel with college and university students, inspiring and equipping them for a lifetime of Christ-centered evangelization, discipleship and friendships in which they lead others to do the same. Michal Sequiera, a Tucsonan, is taking the Gospel to the University of Southern California.

Recibirán la púrpura el próximo 28 de noviembre: 9 son menores de ochenta años y entre ellos está el Custodio del Sagrado Convento de Asís, el Padre Mauro Gambetti.

“NFP has been such a lodestar and, I hesitate to say ‘litmus test,’ because it is one of these outwardly visible witnesses that is massively inconvenient in the world’s eyes,” he commented, adding: “We have met so many people of honest faith (often Protestant) who are attracted to this idea of authentic surrender to God’s will and open up their souls to us in deep ways.”

Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Nov. 28, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington.

One of the oldest Catholic dioceses in the United States will again be foregoing Sunday Mass indefinitely as New Mexico marks its latest surge of COVID-19 cases.

Se hizo público el Decreto sobre las indulgencias plenarias en el mes de los difuntos, firmado ayer 22 de octubre en la memoria litúrgica de San Juan Pablo II, en la sede de la Penitenciaría Apostólica, por parte del Cardenal Mauro Piacenza, Penitenciario Mayor y del Regente Monseñor Krzysztof Nykiel

Plenary or full indulgences traditionally obtained during the first week of November for the souls of the faithful in purgatory can now be gained throughout the entire month of November, the Vatican said.

This bell, which hangs above the entrance to the Mortuary Chapel, is unlocking secrets through its treatment at the Lab which will help guide conservators in their planning to address 3 bronze bells hanging in the West Tower.

The global crisis requires that the parameters of human co-existence be rethought through the lens of solidarity. Based on this foundational idea a collaborative effort offers a vision that might lead to the beginning of a new fraternity after the pandemic.

The Vatican and the Chinese government will extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops.

The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court will now go to the full Senate for a confirmation vote, which could take place Oct. 29. Only 51 one votes are needed for confirmation.

A large majority of Catholic voters believe climate change is a serious or somewhat serious concern and that governments at all levels as well as corporations and individuals must take stronger action to address it, according to results of a new poll released Oct. 22.

he president of Focolare has accepted the resignations of the lay movement's top leaders in France and announced the group will ask an independent committee to investigate how allegations of the sexual abuse of minors have been handled.

As the pandemic has unfolded I have witnessed a great many people rise to the challenges of the occasion and minister in extraordinary ways. - Bishop Edward J. Weisneburger

The anthropology of expressive individualism alone cannot make sense of our fragility, neediness, and natural limits. Worse still, it cannot offer a coherent, internally consistent account of our obligations to vulnerable others, including children, the disabled, and the elderly.

In a documentary that premiered Wednesday in Rome, Pope Francis called for the passage of civil union laws for same-sex couples, departing from the position of the Vatican’s doctrinal office and the pope’s predecessors on the issue.

To clarify, Pope Francis has not suggested any change to the Catholic Church’s teaching that marriage is a relationship exclusively between a man and a woman, open to the possibility of procreation, and whereby the parties support and encourage one another in their development as human beings and as children of God.