Canadian commission: Reconciliation with aboriginals to take ‘hard work’

In a 382-page report with 94 recommendations, the commission called for changes at all levels of society and government and said "Canadians must make a firm and lasting commitment to reconciliation to ensure that Canada is a country where our children and grandchildren can thrive."

French Catholics want countries to quit buying oil from Islamic State

"Our brothers and sisters are being massacred, women and children taken into slavery -- and while Christians are suffering most, so are Muslims and other minorities," said Joseph Thouvenel, vice president of the French Confederation of Christian Workers.

6,000 volunteers ready to lend many hands this September

Already well over halfway to the goal of 10,000 volunteers for the World Meeting of Families and papal visit to Philadelphia, the helpers can select the roles for which they are best suited to volunteer.

Deceased sister’s dream becomes reality in bronze

It’s been seven years in the making, but Sister Paula Beierschmitt's wish to install a sculpture of Our Lady of Guadalupe has come to pass. It started with an unexplainable photograph.

Vatican distances itself from commission member’s comments on cardinal

Commission member Peter Saunders, a British survivor of sexual abuse and co-founder of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, appeared in a "60 Minutes" segment broadcast May 31 by Australia's Channel Nine.

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.”

Key planner of families’ meeting faces criminal probe in Italy

Italian prosecutors are investigating charges of embezzlement for the Vatican archbishop heading the Pontifical Council for the Family. In Philadelphia, planning for the World Meeting of Families continues unaffected.

Events planned nationwide for Fortnight for Freedom

The fourth annual observance starting June 21 will encourage Catholics to learn about religious freedom and promote the free practice of religion in the U.S.

U.N. inaction on nuclear weapons ‘disappointing’ to Catholic advocates

The disappointment stems from the failure of the nuclear weapons states to heed the arguments of the advocates, nongovernmental organizations and non-nuclear nations on the moral imperative to more rapidly shrink weapons stockpiles because of the threat they pose to humanity.

Women raise rosary prayers on Philadelphia’s streets

Walking with Purpose gathered a group of 15 women for a walking rosary procession from the cathedral to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in support of the World Meeting of Families.