February 19, 2019 Reporter's Notebook: Catholic Church faces its demons in clergy-abuse summit About 200 bishops, the heads of Catholic Conferences from around the world, and prominent clergy, are set to gather in Rome at the Vatican to begin an unprecedented summit on clergy abuse.
February 19, 2019 Vatican admits having secret guidelines for priests who father children The Vatican is acknowledging the existence of a secret document containing guidelines for priests who break their celibacy vows and father children.
February 4, 2019 The significance of Pope Francis' UAE visit is impossible to exaggerate (Nobel Committee, take note) Pope Francis' visit to the UAE is a sign that the Arab world is tired of its religion being bastardized by extremists.
January 27, 2019 Pope Francis calls Mary the 'first influencer,' celebrates World Youth Day in Panama Pope Francis held a sermon closing out World Youth Day in Panama on Sunday, and connected Mary to modern Instagram culture in a viral tweet.
January 10, 2019 Vatican launches track team of Swiss guards, nuns to compete in international competitions The Olympic Games could eventually have the Holy See flag flying among its delegations after the Vatican announced Thursday the creation of an official track team.
December 24, 2018 Pope: Forgo greed and gluttony of Christmas for simple love Pope Francis urged Christians on Monday to forgo the greed, gluttony and materialism of Christmas and to focus instead on its message of simplicity, charity and love.
November 28, 2018 Pope praises ‘unruly’ deaf child after he climbed on stage to play: 'This child preaches to all of us' Pope Francis used a child's playfulness as an opportunity to speak on freedom and following Jesus to those in attendance after a young, disabled boy ran onstage during the pontiff's general audience Wednesday.
September 13, 2018 Pope Francis leads Vatican summit on abuse scandal, OKs probe of American bishop accused of sex harassment Pope Francis accepted the resignation of an American bishop accused of sexually harassing adults and assigned another bishop to investigate the matter, Vatican officials announced Thursday amid a wave of scandals enveloping leaders within the Catholic Church.
September 11, 2018 Pope to meet with head of US Bishops' Conference over sex abuse, cover-up scandal A delegation of U.S. cardinals and bishops is going to the Vatican Thursday to meet with Pope Francis over a sex abuse and cover-up scandal in America roiling the Catholic Church.
September 2, 2018 Kim Davis ensnared in archbishop's fight with Vatican over Pope Francis The Catholic Church's pushback Sunday against Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, author of the bombshell accusation of a sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis, has ensnared a key figure in the U.S. culture wars: Kim Davis.
