At Venice fest, ‘Spotlight’ exposes sex abuse by priests
The director said he was excited and apprehensive about the film's public debut at the Venice Film Festival Thursday, in overwhelmingly Catholic Italy, although he doesn't expect to be getting rave...
View ArticleMural of pope looks out over New York’s Madison Square Garden Mass site
A 225-foot tall hand-painted billboard welcomes the pope, who will be in New York Sept. 24-26.
View ArticleShould I use my phone company’s cloud to spy on my daughter’s cell phone use?
For her own safety, she needs to know that you have the ability and the authority to search her phone – or her room, for that matter.
View ArticleThere’s a wider acceptance of Catholicism in US political life
The improbability of a pope standing before a joint meeting of Congress indicates a comfort level between the two that wouldn’t have been imaginable several decades ago.
View ArticlePope slips out of Vatican to get new glasses
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican for a personal — and very normal — errand: New glasses.
View ArticleSeeking forgiveness for abortion — or not
Not all Catholic women who have had an abortion feel shame or the need to seek forgiveness from a priest. Surely some have long been reconciled, in prayer and sorrow, with a merciful, forgiving,...
View ArticleCardinal: Britons cry for a more generous response to migrants
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said shocking images of bodies washed up on beaches in the Mediterranean — including one of a drowned Syrian boy — are revealing “the human face of this suffering.”
View ArticleTickets now required to get within 5 blocks of pope’s Mass
Want a close-up view of Pope Francis celebrating Mass in Philadelphia? Three weeks before his visit, planners have announced you'll need a ticket to do so.
View ArticleAre you a fallen RC, Catholic-connected, or a cultural Catholic?
A new Pew Research survey goes beyond the standard tally of how many people say their religious identity is Catholic, asking many original questions that Pew has not studied before.
View ArticlePope Francis: Gossiping is like terrorism
Pope Francis likened a person who gossips to "a terrorist who throws a bomb," telling his followers that sowing divisions is a sickness within the Church.
View ArticleAttorney: Clerk’s contempt hearing was ‘charade’
An attorney for Kentucky clerk Kim Davis said that the licenses that were handed out Friday are void and "not worth paper that they are written on."
View ArticleChurch to Europe: Don’t turn your back on refugees
Catholic aid agencies are urging Europeans not to turn against migrants seeking refuge from Syria and other countries, in what media reports describe as the continent’s greatest refugee movement since...
View ArticleTicket requirements for the pope’s Philadelphia events
Organizers faced an outcry this week over a ticket plan keeping most of Pope Francis' audience at his two biggest Philadelphia events several blocks away. Here are answers to some key questions.
View ArticleRevisiting Elm Street: Wes Craven’s first ‘Nightmare’
Wes Craven's "Nightmare on Elm Street," which subverts slasher tropes in various ways, deepens rather than subverts the genre’s moral leanings.
View ArticleA primer on where pope stands on gays, divorce, abortion
Francis has launched an agenda of reform in the Vatican and in the global Church, counseling a more merciful message and prioritizing different issues -- issues he could raise when he visits Cuba and...
View ArticlePhilly archbishop assails Trump over birthright citizenship repeal
Archbishop Charles Chaput said Trump's idea to end automatic citizenship for children born to immigrants living illegally in the US "plays on our worst fears and resentments."
View ArticleJournaling as a spiritual tool
Don’t worry about prose, spelling, grammar, sentence structure. Worry instead about a deep dive, thinking hard and truthfully about who you are behind the self you offer the world.
View ArticleDid you hear the one about the pope?
A new "Joke with the Pope" digital campaign encourages people to "donate" a joke to support one of three causes before Pope Francis' historic US visit.
View ArticleThe pope has released a radical movement of mercy
Only when we touch the heart of suffering can we generate mercy. When we do, we have the power to truly and deeply heal.
View ArticleCrux, Georgetown to host an economic forum on the family
Amid all the controversial issues being discussed in the lead-up to the Synod of Bishops in October, there's another affecting millions of families in nearly every nation on earth: How to get by with...
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