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A crisis point in Church history
The leader of the United States Catholic bishops’ board that provides advice on child protection said it will take the Church “at least one or two generations” to get through the clergy abuse crisis currently engulfing it. Francesco…
McCarrick’s defrocking ‘a step in the right direction’
Clerical sex abuse survivors have hailed the Vatican's decision to remove from the priesthood Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington. Pope Francis confirmed the removal of the 88-year-old just days before the…
Divorce and the need to help married couples
Years ago, if you told Catholic author and blogger Leila Miller you were getting a divorce, she may have told you how sorry she was, and that would be that. But today she’d do everything in her power to help save your marriage. That’s…
An exorcist gives tools for spiritual warfare
Fr. Paolo Carlin is a diocesan exorcist and a member of the International Association of Exorcists. Using his firsthand knowledge and experience as an exorcist, Fr. Carlin authored An Exorcist Explains How to Heal the Possessed: And Help…
Holy Father’s prayer intention for February
UNIVERSAL: Human Trafficking: For a generous welcome of the victims of human trafficking, of enforced prostitution, and of violence.
A terrifying accident, then spiritual transformation
Before Michelle Davis said goodbye to her 17-year-old son, Nathan, she tried to convince him to stay home. She’d didn’t like his bull riding, but until this moment, she had never asked Nathan not to ride. The mother of five had been…
Francis urges young people to spread hope, act now
Pope Francis praised the work of volunteers in his closing Mass at World Youth Day in Panama on Jan. 27, using them as a symbol of how more young Catholics should venture out into the world and spread hope. "You have had a more lively and…
Pro-life prayers
Jan. 22 is the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. To help you with prayer on this day, here are five pro-life prayers you can pray and meditate on with your family. Prayer for Those Who have Lost a Child to Abortion…
The world’s young Catholics converge on Panama
The World Youth Day celebration opens in Panama on Tuesday, one day before Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive there and just months after the bishops' synod special assembly on young people. Wealthier and more politically stable than its…
Bishops’ meeting in Rome aims to ‘end sex abuse cover-ups’
Ensuring there are no more cover-ups of child sex abuse is one of the chief goals of the Feb. 21–24 meeting of bishops in Rome, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director for the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. Pope Francis ordered the…
