On the day that Cardinal George Pell was acquitted by Australia’s High Court on charges of sexual abuse, Pope Francis opened his daily Mass by praying for “all persons who suffer an unjust sentence...
In an April 7 statement just hours after the court’s verdict, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, “The Holy See, which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes...
With the elderly notably representing the largest demographic of lives claimed by the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Vatican’s top official on life issues has warned against selective care practices that...
NEW YORK — Australia’s highest court unanimously acquitted Cardinal George Pell of child abuse on Wednesday, marking a stunning turn of events for the 78-year-old prelate who had previously been the...
The U.S. seminarians who were studying at Rome’s Pontifical North American College have or are about to complete their 14-day quarantine at home and will be getting very unusual pastoral experience...
IMAGE: CNS photo/James Ross, AAP Image via Reuters By Michael Sainsbury VALLA BEACH, Australia (CNS) -- Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after 405 days behind bars after the seven...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Disease and death have darkened the world this Lent and Holy Week, with our societies shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, but "we know that...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Debbie Hill By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Nadine Bitar wore a surgical mask and waited 109 yards from her home in the Old City -- as permitted by the Israeli Ministry of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of the Pontifical North American College By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) -- The U.S. seminarians who were studying at Rome's Pontifical North American College have or are about...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Mario Zenari, the nuncio to Syria, said he is raising special prayers these days to Sts. Cosmas and Damian...
By Catholic News Agency | SYDNEY, Australia — Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney has welcomed the acquittal of Cardinal George Pell by Australia’s High Court. Cardinal Pell was freed from...
By Catholic News Agency | NEW ORLEANS, La. — Recovering from coronavirus, Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans is encouraging Catholics in a message for Holy Week to “become part of the.
By Catholic News Agency | VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia — The president of the Colombian bishops’ conference, Óscar Urbina, suspended 15 priests of his archdiocese from ministry who have been...
By Catholic News Agency | SYDNEY, Australia — After his conviction for child sexual abuse was overturned Tuesday by Australia’s High Court, Cardinal George Pell has released a...
By Catholic News Agency | CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday allowed some surgical abortions and medication abortions to continue during the new coronavirus...