SYNOD ON THE FAMILY: A Reflection from the Paulist Fathers
The joy and the hope, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are the joy and

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The joy and the hope, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are the joy and

Italy’s Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday fired a priest who said he could “understand” how pedophilia by clergy could occur because some children yearned for affection.
The diocese of Trento, in northern Italy, said Father Gino Flaim,

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) —
By Inés San Martín
Formally speaking, the second edition of the Synod of Bishops on the family is just starting up today. Judging by the flurry of activity in Rome, however, with activists and advocacy groups of every stripe pushing
The high school student suspended after wanting to bring a same-sex date to his high school’s dance has a new critic: an elected official.

BY Laurie Hanna
A New Jersey priest has been arrested over claims he pointed a musket at an 8-year-old boy because of a football rivalry.
Father Kevin Carter allegedly threatened the child because he was
The Vatican dismissed a priest from his post in a Holy See office on Saturday after he told a newspaper he was gay and urged the Catholic Church to change its stance on homosexuality.
Monsignor Krzystof Charamsa
Ever since it became public that Pope Francis met in Washington with Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, the questions have been swirling: Why