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Pope wants annual global audit of work to safeguard minors
Without progress in "transparency and accountability," Pope Francis said, "the faithful will continue to lose trust in their pastors" and "witnessing to the Gospel will become increasingly difficult."
Volunteers weave fellowship for war effort in Ukrainian church
In the basement of a church in western Ukraine, residents and displaced people make camouflage nets, dumplings and rosaries for the Ukrainian military resisting the Russian invasion.
Ideology obstructs beauty of family, pope says
The family is "the principal antidote to poverty, both material and spiritual," Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences,. He warned about demographic decline and "irresponsible" parenthood."
Young adult Catholics talk of promoting climate change efforts
With more than three-quarters of young Catholics worried about climate change, church leaders should make it a higher priority, said panelists at a Georgetown forum.
Speaking out, seeking dialogue key to countering antisemitism, says local scholar
Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to examine Christian attitudes towards Jews, while pursuing "opportunities to be enriched by the spiritual treasures" of Judaism, said Philip Cunningham of Saint Joseph's University.
Pope, Council of Cardinals meet, discuss war in Ukraine
Pope Francis and his international council met in-person at the Vatican April 25, discussing the global and local impacts of the war, climate change, women in the church, tenuous political situations and pastoral problems in local churches.
Standings for Catholic League baseball, softball, lacrosse
See the progress so far this season for girls' and boys' teams in the league, through April 27.
In survey, Catholics demand curbs on leaders’ power
A majority of Catholics called for offices and ministries of the Cologne, Germany archdiocese to be assigned on a temporary basis, and said church members should have a democratic say in matters such as the election of bishops.
National pro-life advocate Deirdre McQuade dies at 53
As a leader with the U.S. Catholic bishops from 2005 to 2018, McQuade was interviewed by media and spoke at numerous events to offer views on palliative care, abortion and alternatives to physician-assisted suicide.
Restoration of environmental rules hailed by Catholic bishops
The chair of a key U.S. bishops' committee said April 25 that the provisions allowing for greater local input on environmental impacts of federal projects will serve as "a vital guardrail against ecological and social harm."