Roughly four-in-ten Americans (39%) say they have a favorable impression of Islam, while about as many (37%) say they have... Read more
In statements to the Catholic News Agency, the Secretary General of the Bishops Conference of Brazil, Bishop Odilio Scherer, clarified... Read more
This past Wednesday, September 8, feast of the Birth of Mary, Catholics in Cuba celebrated the feast of their country’s... Read more
A committee of the Argentinean Bishops Conference is urging Argentineans to be generous in a special collection that will be... Read more
Vatican observer Sandro Magister issued a post scriptum concerning news of the turnover taking place in the running of the... Read more
Pope John Paul II will meet tomorrow with various U.S. bishops on the occasion of the third anniversary of the... Read more
In a letter released to the U.S. bishops Friday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Government Liaison announced... Read more
The Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday ordered Cardinal Roger Mahony to hand over documents from the archdiocese’s secret personnel files... Read more
Pope John Paul II today welcomed 2,000 members of the Schoenstatt movement, a Catholic secular institute devoted to defending family... Read more
The West Coast regional office of the Thomas More Law Center has filed a brief in federal court, challenging a... Read more
A Nebraska federal court’s decision yesterday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional shows that the courts will not... Read more
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) decided to end its religious outreach program after it received some negative attention about the... Read more
The controversy surrounding positive comments from Spanish government officials regarding a film which depicts a quadriplegic man who committed suicide... Read more
Responding to the decision by a local priest to run for the office of mayor, the Secretary of the Bishops... Read more
The Spanish Justice Minister, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, said Tuesday that there is currently no bill on the agenda to... Read more
In an interview with the Cubanet news agency, noted Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello, recently released from prison for... Read more
An official from the US Bishops Communications Office told Catholic News Agency that the “Presidential Questionnaire,” delivered some weeks ago... Read more
Pope John Paul II invited the crowd gathered at this morning’s general audience in the Paul VI Hall, on the... Read more
In view of the third anniversary of September 11, 2001, Pope John Paul II strongly affirmed in a message to... Read more
Pope John Paul II has appointed Costa-Rican born Monsignor Alexander Salazar, Vice-Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and pastor... Read more