Posted on 3/5/2013 10:37 AM By Jay
March 11, 2013
Asinati Andrew venerates the relic of St. Mary Magdalene Feb. 20 at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in River Forest, Ill., the first stop on a one-month tour in Illinois.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:19 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
Dr. Evelyn Billings, who with her husband, John, pioneered research that led them to develop a form of natural family planning supported by the Catholic Church, died Feb. 16 after a short illness. She was 95.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:18 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
The Catholic Church has long accepted the possibility of preventing ovulation in a woman who has been raped, but withdraws that option if there is a possibility that ovulation may have already occurred, said the president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:17 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
When Pope Benedict XVI, 85, announced his resignation, he said that “both strength of mind and body are necessary” to carry out the papal ministry in the modern world.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:16 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
A Feb. 20 deposition was a “long-awaited opportunity” for New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan to discuss decisions he made on clergy sex abuse cases as Milwaukee’s archbishop, his spokesman said.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:15 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien, 74, announced he would not participate in the conclave to elect Pope Benedict’s successor because he did not want media attention focused on him instead of the election of a new pope.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:13 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
Religious brothers say they are an invisible group in the Church, but that it’s not such a bad thing because it allows them the freedom to be ordinary men performing an extraordinary ministry.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:12 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
Indonesian Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja, the 78-year-old retired archbishop of Jakarta, said Feb. 21 that his health and particularly the “progressive deterioration” of his eyesight led to his decision not to travel to Rome for the conclave to elect a new pope.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:10 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
A man holds images of cats before Pope Benedict recites his final Angelus as pope from his apartment window overlooking St. Peter’s Square Feb. 24.
Posted on 2/26/2013 2:09 PM By Jay
March 4, 2013
Pope Benedict prays in a private chapel during the closing day of a spiritual retreat at the Vatican.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:58 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
For a program that the White House has never officially acknowledged, the use of missile-laden drones to strike suspected Muslim militants hardly remains a secret.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:57 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of pre-Lenten Carnival-goers diverted their attention from the festivities to pay attention to the news of Pope Benedict’s resignation.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:56 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
Maria Velasco was married to an abusive, controlling husband for more than 20 years before she realized she was a victim of domestic violence.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:54 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
After more than six weeks of not being able to accept credit- and debit-card payments in the Vatican Museums and shops, the Vatican announced Feb. 13 that it had begun accepting plastic again.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:53 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
In one of his last efforts to clean up the image of the Vatican bank, Pope Benedict approved the hiring of the chairman of a German shipyard as the bank’s new president.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:52 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
Parrots may squawk in the Vatican Gardens during a conclave, but the cardinals are not allowed to tweet.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:51 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
Russian painter Natalia Tsarkova poses next to a copy of a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI and another of Blessed John Paul II in her studio in downtown Rome Feb. 14.
Posted on 2/19/2013 1:49 PM By Jay
February 25, 2013
Fr. Humberto Alvarez sprays holy water from a water gun to bless the children during Mass at a church in Saltillo, Mexico, Feb. 17.
Posted on 2/12/2013 2:46 PM By Jay
February 18, 2013
When the head of the Pontifical Council for Culture said he wanted to listen to what today's young people had to say, he wasn't afraid to hear it belted out at 100 decibels.
Posted on 2/12/2013 2:44 PM By Jay
February 18, 2013
In sexual morality, family life and education, the Baby Boom generation ushered in a series of cultural changes that led to an "anthropological crisis" in American society, leaving younger generations yearning acutely for what the Catholic Church has to offer.