March 6, 2019 Pope Francis: What the Virgin Mary can still teach us about motherhood and women in our modern age Mary shows us with her motherhood that humility and tenderness are not virtues of the weak, but of the strong; she teaches us that there is no need to mistreat others in order to feel important.
March 4, 2019 Vatican to open archives on WWII-era Pope accused of staying silent during Holocaust On Monday, Pope Francis said he will open up the archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, whom many Jewish groups long have said did little to stop the Holocaust.
February 28, 2019 Lawyer for cardinal convicted of molesting choirboys apologizes for calling crime 'a plain vanilla sexual penetration' A lawyer who downplayed a cardinal’s sexual abuse of two children by saying it was merely a “plain vanilla sexual penetration” case says he misspoke and has apologized.
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.
