The University of Notre Dame conferred it prestigious Laetare Medal on Vice President Joe Biden and former House Speaker John Boehner without incident at graduation May […]
Notre Dame gives Laetare Medal to Biden, Boehner over critics’ objections
U.S. Supreme Court sends contraception mandate case back to lower courts
The U.S. Supreme Court May 16 sent the Zubik v. Burwell case, which challenges the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive requirement for employers, back to the lower […]
Pope did not say he’d ordain women deacons, spokesman says
Pope Francis “did not say he intends to introduce a diaconal ordination for women,” and he certainly did not speak about the ordination of women priests, […]
Military mantra, Catholic faith drove terminally ill woman to meet the pope
The military mantra of “suck it up” and an intense love for the Catholic faith drove Cheryl Tobin to reach new heights — the cupola of […]
Pope tells women religious Vatican will study women deacons
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told the heads of women’s religious orders from around the world that he would set up a commission to study […]
USCCB president, Mormon leaders meet, discuss issues of common concern
SALT LAKE CITY (CNS) — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of […]
God doesn’t barter, rewarding the good, punishing the bad, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Salvation has nothing to do with the tidy business of bartering — earning God’s love in return for good behavior, Pope Francis […]
Health care is a right, not a privilege, pope says
The Catholic Church is not a fancy medical clinic for the rich, but a “field hospital” that — often literally — provides the only medical care […]