March 6, 2019 Pope Francis: What the Virgin Mary can still teach us about motherhood and women in our modern age Mary shows us with her motherhood that humility and tenderness are not virtues of the weak, but of the strong; she teaches us that there is no need to mistreat others in order to feel important.
March 6, 2019 Marc Thiessen: This Lent, don't give Catholic bishops a dime Until every corrupt bishop who ignored or actively covered up abuse is exposed and removed, the laity should shun the bishops' Lenten appeals.
March 5, 2019 5 things to give up for Lent this year Lent serves as a time of sacrifice, when Christians choose to give up certain comforts for 40 days before Easter. It is meant to be a reminder of the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert before he died and rose again for our sins.
March 4, 2019 Vatican to open archives on WWII-era Pope accused of staying silent during Holocaust On Monday, Pope Francis said he will open up the archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, whom many Jewish groups long have said did little to stop the Holocaust.
February 28, 2019 Lawyer for cardinal convicted of molesting choirboys apologizes for calling crime 'a plain vanilla sexual penetration' A lawyer who downplayed a cardinal’s sexual abuse of two children by saying it was merely a “plain vanilla sexual penetration” case says he misspoke and has apologized.
February 27, 2019 Marc Thiessen: Sorry, Pope Francis, your sex abuse speech was a disgraceful display of excuses and evasions Pope Francis's closing address to the Vatican Summit on Child Protection was a disgraceful display of excuses and evasions.
February 27, 2019 2,000-pound Jesus statue travels from Jerusalem to Florida church A statue of Jesus holding two children made a journey of biblical proportions to a Palm Beach, Florida church.
February 24, 2019 Pope vows to confront clergy sex abusers, predators with 'wrath of God' Pope Francis vowed on Sunday to confront sex abusers with the "wrath of God" at the conclusion of a summit on preventing clergy sexual abuse, saying that victims of the "brazen, aggressive and destructive evil" must be prioritized.
February 21, 2019 Pope opens up summit on sexual abuse as victims demand change: 'Listen to the cry of the young' Pope Francis warned senior Catholic officials that the faithful are calling for concrete action, not just words of condemnation, as he opened the first ever landmark sex abuse prevention summit Thursday at the Vatican. The Holy Father and the bishops gathered from around the world and heard victims share testimonies of searing emotional pain from the abuse.
February 21, 2019 California bill would require Catholic priests to report child sex abuse revealed in confession California state lawmakers are introducing a bill that would strip priests of their legal protection for the Catholic Church's sacrament of confession when it comes to child sexual abuse.