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About 50 people demonstrated outside the grounds of Boston College on May 20 as the Jesuit institution conferred an honorary degree on Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. Boston’s Cardinal …

Father Michael Fugee, the priest at the center of a scandal in the Newark, New Jersey archdiocese, faces a series of criminal charges for apparently violating a court order forbidding him …

“The struggle for power in the Church nothing new,” Pope Francis told his congregation at a Mass in Domus Sanctae Marthae on May 21, referring to the Gospel account of disputes among the …

You may recall the recent goings on in the Archdiocese of Newark related to the scandal of sexual abuse of minors. Well, a number of priests and religious have banded together to form a posse of sorts, and they call their little band of brethren the Catholic Whistleblowers. Laurie Goodstein of the New York Times [...]

Pope Francis offered a prayer for tornado victims in Oklahoma at his morning Mass on Tuesday, May 21. “Let us pray for the victims and those who are missing, especially children, …

New York City, N.Y., May 21, 2013 / 02:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Global Rosary Relay for Priests’ fourth annual event will take place this June 7, providing an opportunity for worldwide prayer to support priests in their ministry. “It’s unifying the whole world. It really is a very beautiful way for the laity to [...]

Portland, Ore., May 21, 2013 / 04:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The recent production of stem cells from cloned human embryos has prompted a researcher to consider the need for scientists to take other disciplines into account before engaging their work. “Scientists…do not consider bio-ethical issues to be issues at all; they don't see the bio-ethical [...]

At Pentecost vigil, pope shares personal stories of his faith from CNS latest top stories … Please read the complete post here: At Pentecost vigil, pope shares personal stories of his faith at the CNS latest top stories website.

Chaldean patriarch warns surge in Iraqi violence will divide country from CNS latest top stories … See the full post here: Chaldean patriarch warns surge in Iraqi violence will divide country at the CNS latest top stories website.

Houston, Texas, May 21, 2013 / 12:02 am ( CNA ).- A Houston doctor is under investigation on charges that he performed illegal late-term abortions after former employees alleged that several babies were born alive and then killed in gruesome ways. Deborah Edge, a former assistant to Dr

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