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Former nuncio claims Vatican official has evidence of cover-up

Archbishop Vigano called on Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, to release information about alleged private sanctions imposed by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI on then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.

Conference celebrates ‘partnership’ between Reagan, St. John Paul II

The United States' "cold warriors" from 30 and more years ago came together to celebrate the joint efforts of Reagan and St. John Paul II to defeat communism in the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern and Central Europe.

Pa. diocese to open first Catholic ‘sober’ high school in U.S.

Opening next September, the Allentown Diocese's Kolbe Academy will educate students in treatment for substance abuse. The academy aims to improve the odds for teens in recovery, who only have a 20 percent chance of avoiding relapse in mainstream schools.

Lay-religious collaboration continues with local Redeemer Sisters

Caring for sick people -- and Christ in them -- was the mission of a now-beatified 19th-century woman whose vision remains with the Sisters of the Redeemer and their lay associates in the Philadelphia area.

North Carolina parishes still coping with Florence waters

North Carolina residents are still coping with the massive amounts of water from the storm and the subsequent flooding of the state's rivers.

AbbeyFest rocks 4,000 kids, families with concert, fun, prayer

The day-long Christian music festival brought thousands to their feet, while Mass and eucharistic adoration brought them to their knees in a moving display of faith and family under the stars at Daylesford Abbey.

Like St. Vincent de Paul, Ladies of Charity members see Christ in poor

Vincentian apostolic reflection is a process that helps Christians see, hear and find God in their encounters with others.

Former Washington Catholic school official arrested on embezzling charges

A former assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Washington was arrested Sept. 26 after federal law enforcement officials charged him with mail fraud in a scheme to embezzle money from the archdiocese.

Chinese Catholics outside mainland divided over Sino-Vatican agreement

Catholics in Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong are divided over the provisional agreement between China and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops.

U.S. urged to end funding of research using tissue from aborted babies

The federal FDA will end its contract with a company whose business, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan, "is to procure aborted baby parts for research." He praised the decision yet urged the Trump administration to cease funding all such research.