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Father Elizondo, nationally known Notre Dame theology professor, dies
Father Virgilio Elizondo was also the founder of what is today the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio.
Protect needs of poor, refugees, pope tells students at model U.N.
Protecting the rights and dignity of each member of the human family is a calling "we have inside us; something we carry inside us as people," he said March 17.
The joy of hope brings light in the darkest times, pope says
"Hope is a humble virtue; that virtue which flows beneath the water of life but that keeps us from drowning in so many difficulties," the pope said.
Floods cause unprecedented damage to areas in New Orleans Archdiocese
There was absolutely no way to dam the flow before it caused unprecedented damage to St. Joseph Abbey and Seminary College and several other areas in the northernmost parts of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Bishop Rhoades disagrees with Notre Dame’s decision to honor Biden
He said Biden's stance of not opposing abortion and his support of same-sex marriage make him ineligible to receive the award.
Pope Benedict: Yearning for mercy is sign of longing for God’s love
Although he lives a relatively hidden life in a villa in the Vatican Gardens, retired Pope Benedict XVI continues to study modern theological questions and, occasionally, to comment on them publicly.
Philippine churches hope training gives momentum to ‘climate warriors’
The seminar by former Vice President Al Gore's Climate Reality Project was designed to support participants in their talks with lawmakers as they communicate the urgency of climate change.
Pope Francis to make debut on Instagram, Vatican official says
Msgr. Dario Vigano, prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, said the pope's new account "Franciscus," will go online March 19 and offer another side of his pontificate through photos.
Bishops urge action to quell ‘ever-growing crisis’ of opioid addiction
The abuse and misuse of opioid drugs has become a national epidemic that has increasingly been felt in Massachusetts in recent years.
At Vatican trial, official says he felt threatened to release documents
Under questioning by his co-defendants' lawyers, Spanish Msgr. Lucio Vallejo Balda cited a conversation in which a reporter told him: "I will destroy you in all the newspapers and you know that I can do it."