Notre Dame gives Laetare Medal to Biden, Boehner over critics’ objections

Notre Dame president, Father John I. Jenkins, has defended the choice, saying that the two men are not being honored for policy positions but for their public service.

Cardinal encourages Notre Dame graduates to rely on faith to change world

"Your generation faces great challenges to the whole idea we are all part of God's plan ... and called to make this world a better place," Cardinal Wuerl said.

Marchers in Canada plead for lawmakers to drop assisted-suicide bill

"The scourge of euthanasia and assisted suicide is upon us, and we need only to look to countries of Western Europe that have gone before us down this dark path to see what is in store."

Faith-based diplomacy has potential to make world better, say speakers

"We have a primary role to delegitimize, to unmask, the false interpretation of religious texts as justification for acts of violence," Archbishop Auza said.

Italy’s civil unions bill a defeat for family, democracy, bishop says

Italian Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto said that the passing of the bill through two confidence motions that circumvented a "free and open debate" was "unfair."

Top U.S. Catholic and Mormon leaders discuss common concerns

Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met to strengthen relationships between the two churches.

Religious life is about prophecy, not preservation, speakers say

Women consecrated in religious life and engaged in apostolic work must realize their vocation is not about maintaining great institutions, but about being prophetic witnesses of God's love

Religious in danger of adopting ‘first-world lifestyle,’ sister says

The leaders of the world's communities of Catholic women religious were warned against accepting an "entitlement creep" that numbs them from confronting poverty.

Christian, Muslim leaders say religion can ‘humanize’ society

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Amman-based Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies held their fourth colloquium May 3-4.

Families show love for Blessed Mother in May procession

More than 100 families from across the Archdiocese prayed at the cathedral last Sunday to thank God for blessings and Mary's intercession. Essayists described who exemplifies Mary in their life.