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Honduran activists hope pope’s climate encyclical gives them boost
Berta Caceres remembers the day when she and other Lenca indigenous leaders were allowed to return to the Gualcarque River in Honduras, after a court had banned her from the area because she was leading a protest against a hydroelectric dam.
Catholic advocate for climate change prepares for pilgrimage to COP21
Beginning in October, Naderev "Yeb" Sano will help lead the People's Pilgrimage from the Vatican. The pilgrimage will be made up of concurrent walks from spiritually significant locations in European cities; all will end in Paris where the U.N. Climate Conference, or COP21, will take place.
Church must remain vigilant in addressing abuse, USCCB president says
The U.S. Catholic Church spent a total of $150.7 million on child protection efforts and to address allegations of clergy sexual abuse of minors in dioceses and religious orders between July 2013 and June 2014.
Pope: Everyone loses when culture doesn’t care about marriage, family
God's plan for fruitful, everlasting unions between a man and woman has been lost in a world filled with skepticism, distrust and hostility, Pope Francis said.
Atrocities show need to strengthen dialogue with Muslims, Vatican says
The Vatican said interreligious dialogue with the Muslim community must be strengthened given "the barbarism underway" by terrorists claiming to be Muslims.
Buddhists, Christians must join to fight modern slavery, cardinal says
"Dear friends, we share the conviction that modern slavery and human trafficking are grave crimes, open wounds on the body of contemporary society," said the message to Buddhists around the world.
Pope marks Earth Day with call to protect, cultivate, share resources
May the way people treat the earth "not be guided by greed, manipulation and exploitation, but rather may it preserve the divine harmony between creatures and creation," he said.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
At 175 years, St. Philip’s joins new vibrancy with a colorful history
Archbishop Charles Chaput celebrated the anniversary Mass on Sunday for St. Philip Neri Parish in Philadelphia's Queen Village section. Once the scene of riots, young families now abound.
Alito halts HHS mandate for Pittsburgh and Erie dioceses
Officials in the Pennsylvania dioceses hailed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's decision to temporarily halt enforcement of the federal contraceptive mandate.