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Pope Francis embraces Eugenio Bernardini, a Waldensian pastor, at the community's church in Turin, July 22, 2015.

Pope Francis asks forgiveness of Christian group over historical persecution

Jun 22, 2015

Pope Francis met on Monday with members of the Waldensian movement, an ecclesial community which suffered persecution from Catholic authorities... Read more

Students and teachers who helped restore the motorbike.

A Vatican two-wheeler: Teen mechanics restore motorbike for Pope Francis

Jun 21, 2015

By Andrea Gagliarducci

A group of teenagers at a Salesian-run professional school in Italy have restored a motorbike as a gift for the... Read more

Pope Francis in Turin's Piazza Vittorio June 21, 2015.

Pope in Turin: Allow God to make us new

Jun 21, 2015

By Ann Schneible

Pope Francis has challenged Christians to seek safety in God’s transformative power, and not in the world.    Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square Feb 18.

Pope Francis asks workers: give immigrants compassion, not blame

Jun 21, 2015

By Ann Schneible

Pope Francis has encouraged workers not to blame their economic troubles on migrants, who are themselves often victims of injustice... Read more

A photo negative of the Shroud of Turin

Shroud of Turin reminds us of all human suffering, Pope Francis says

Jun 21, 2015

By Ann Schneible

Pope Francis prayed before the Shroud of Turin on Sunday and reflected on the role the reputed burial cloth of... Read more

Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and Catholic convert circa 1916.

Dorothy Day had nothing to say to this theologian – or so he thought

Jun 20, 2015

By Hillary Mast

Ever since entering the Church 27 years ago, theologian Lance Richey had always known about the Catholic social activist Dorothy... Read more

Pope Francis near St. Peter's Basilica before his Wednesday general audience. June 3, 2015.

Pope Francis speaks up for Italy's unemployed youth

Jun 20, 2015

Youth unemployment is “a true social plague” that leaves young people feeling useless, Pope Francis told an Italian labor group... Read more

Pope Francis speaks with Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, at the Vatican, June 19, 2015.

In Middle East martyrdoms, Pope Francis sees seeds of Christian unity

Jun 20, 2015

Meeting with Syriac Orthodox leaders on Friday, Pope Francis decried the continuing martyrdom of Middle East Christians, and gave special... Read more

Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and Catholic convert circa 1916.

Converted by love, not ideology: An archbishop's reflection on Dorothy Day

May 20, 2015

Last week, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles told scholars at the Dorothy Day Conference at St. Francis University... Read more

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, June 28, 2013.

San Fran archdiocese praises Catholic school teachers, rejects 'inflammatory' reports

May 1, 2015

By Kevin J. Jones

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has stressed its “greatest admiration and respect” for those working in Catholic education, pledging to... Read more

Interior of the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona.

Beauty will save the world – Gaudi's basilica inspires conversions

Apr 30, 2015

By Elise Harris, Alan Holdren

Though the renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi died nearly 90 years ago and his best-known work remains under construction, the... Read more

Refugee children at a refugee camp in Duhok, Iraq on March 28, 2015.

Fighting ISIS with a school – Iraqi bishop says education is needed for change

Apr 21, 2015

Bishop Bashar Matti Warda is the bishop of Erbil, Iraq, one of the dioceses most attacked by ISIS, and where... Read more

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Pope Francis and his growing litany of modern-day martyrs

Apr 21, 2015

By Elise Harris

Amid a torrent of recent news reports on persecuted Christians, Pope Francis reflected on those killed for their faith and... Read more

Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Bishop Robert W. Finn

Apr 21, 2015

By Elise Harris

Nearly two and a half years after being the first U.S. bishop convicted of a misdemeanor in failing to report... Read more

Ceiling of St. Thomas Aquinas Church at the Newman Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Beauty in Nebraska: College’s transformed church hopes to help students be saints

Apr 21, 2015

By Kate Veik

On a Friday night in spring of 2010, nearly 150 Catholic students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gathered at their... Read more

JPII Rosary.

After vision of Christ, Nigerian bishop says rosary will bring down Boko Haram

Apr 21, 2015

By Alan Holdren

A Nigerian bishop says that he has seen Christ in a vision and now knows that the rosary is the... Read more

Priests celebrate Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Jan. 17, 2105.

Confirmed priest abuse allegations in single digits for 2014

Apr 20, 2015

There are tens of thousands of Catholic clergy in the U.S. – but there were fewer than 10 substantiated allegations... Read more

The statue of Father Junipero Serra inside the National Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.

New San Diego bishop: Don't remove Junipero Serra from US Capitol

Apr 20, 2015

By CNA Staff

Bishop Robert McElroy, the new head of the San Diego diocese, has criticized a proposal to remove the statue of... Read more

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone at a press conference for the 2012 USCCB Fall General Assembly, Nov 13.

Anti-Cordileone ad misrepresents Catholicism, archdiocese says

Apr 17, 2015

By CNA Staff

A group of Catholics promoting a full-page advertisement asking Pope Francis to remove Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone don’t represent San Francisco... Read more

 The Vatican Seal.

How much time does it take to reform the Vatican? A lot

Apr 16, 2015

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Already two years into the reform process of the Roman Curia, progress might seem slow. But cardinals on the Pope's... Read more