Archive for January 28, 2015
Will the number of dioceses in Italy be cut in the near future?
A plan to reduce the number of Italian dioceses has been widely debated in the Italian bishops conference, and a... Read more
Malawian bishops commit to spreading the Gospel with new media
A national symposium of Catholic communicators set out to explore pathways in new media to build unity in Malawi and... Read more
The dark side of the Super Bowl and how Congress aims to fight it
Just days before Super Bowl XLIX, the U.S. House of Representatives is pushing for a bipartisan crack-down on the hidden... Read more
A society without fathers is a society of orphans, Pope Francis says
In his general audience catechesis, Pope Francis turned to the role of fathers, saying that they play an irreplaceable role... Read more
Who's entering religious life these days?
U.S. Catholics are being encouraged to get to know local religious communities, as a new study offers insight into the... Read more
Bishops use Supreme Court case to call for death penalty abolition
Several bishops in the U.S. have welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to re-examine death penalty protocols, and have called for... Read more
On feast of St. Thomas, teachers called to mercifully challenge students
Catholics must be “merciful teachers” in eliciting the best from everyone around them, said a prominent Dominican preacher on the... Read more
A tale of two cakes: Colorado's far-reaching religious freedom fight
The battleground for religious freedom is currently the soft, frosted tops of cakes in Colorado. Read more
Jesuit laments car bomb attack in Syria, scorns media silence
“Most of them were students at the university, young people who had not left the city. So what sort of... Read more
