By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — When it comes to the Christian life, too many seminaries teach students a rigid list of rules that make it difficult or impossible for them as priests to respond to the real-life situation of … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters By Ann Rodgers PITTSBURGH (CNS) — The Pittsburgh Diocese said Bishop David A. Zubik is making every effort to achieve a swift negotiated solution to the diocese’s dispute with the federal government over religious freedom … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) — The trustees of Ireland’s national seminary have agreed to bring in a specific policy to protect whistleblowers after serious allegations were made about life in the college. The Aug. 23 announcement … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hearing the mayor of Amatrice in central Italy say his town no longer exists and knowing there were children who died Aug. 24 in the earthquakes that struck … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/CJ Gunther, EPA By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Today’s “economic and political forces have led to increasingly lowered economic prospects for Americans without access to higher education, which is having a direct impact on family health and … Continue reading →

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family is an example of the “ordinary magisterium” — papal teaching — to which Catholics are obliged to give “religious submission of will and intellect,” said an … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Barbara Fraser By Barbara J. Fraser JAMA, Ecuador (CNS) — Ask Jose Santos about the earthquake that struck the northern coast of Ecuador in April and he paints a vivid picture. “The ground moved like waves on the … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — In the chapel of the first house Blessed Teresa of Kolkata established in Rome, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity talks about her life, mixing the concrete and even … Continue reading →

By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The “narrow gate” to salvation described by Jesus isn’t narrow because God is oppressive, but because pride bloats Christians and prevents them from entering God’s merciful embrace, Pope Francis said. Christians “must … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Aprille Hanson, Arkansas Catholic By Malea Hargett LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — As the first week of school began at Catholic High School in Little Rock, a sign placed on the school office door is being discussed by … Continue reading →