Mural 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 ArticleGay rights advocates: Jailed Kentucky clerk is no martyr
As the Kentucky clerk's mug shot rocketed around the Internet, gay rights advocates vowed to battle the idea that Christianity is under siege.
View ArticleGermany to welcome thousands of weary migrants
The migrants' arrival was the culmination of 10 days of tragedy and emotion that at last caught the world’s attention.
View ArticlePope opens the Vatican to refugees, calls on Europe’s churches to follow suit
The pontiff said the two parish churches contained within the walls of the Vatican city-state, St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Anne’s, will welcome at least one refugee family each.
View ArticleFootball should be Xs and Os, not proselytizing
Everyone is free to express their faith, no matter what they believe. But some public universities and high schools have gone too far.
View ArticleIs there anything unlawful about ‘dual worship?’
There is a difference between simply drawing value from other religious traditions and actually blending those traditions.
View ArticleThe pope is making it easier to get an annulment
Pope Francis will release new streamlined procedures for annulling marriages after he — and thousands of Catholics before him — complained that the Church's current system is cumbersome, costly, and...
View ArticleWhy Christianity needs its own Yad Vashem
Why don't Christians tell the stories of their faith's victimization so the world takes notice? I suspect it's partly because all too often, they don’t know them. Here are some of those stories.
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