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Cuban bishops hit back against resolution to endorse ‘gender ideology’

ROME – While the Vatican is embroiled in its own battle against gender politics in Italy, the Cuban bishops are facing a similar dilemma, and have issued a statement criticizing a resolution that would...

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Week raises awareness of NFP and how it enriches sacrament of marriage

“To have … To hold … To honor: Supporting God’s gifts of love and life in marriage” is the theme of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week July 25-31. The educational campaign of the U.S. Conference of...

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Around the world, bishops confront new same-sex marriage laws

ROME – As governments around the world are pushing to legalize same-sex marriage or at least legislation favoring homosexual couples, the bishops in those countries have been vocal in advocating for...

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Pope urges couples facing ‘stormy seas’ of COVID to keep marriages afloat

ROME – In a letter to spouses around the world, Pope Francis offered comfort and encouragement to families enduring the ups and downs of the coronavirus pandemic, telling them to lean on God together...

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To understand Catholicism, you need to get Italy

ROME – If you were an American Catholic who carved out space midday Friday to watch Pope Francis lead the traditional Christmas Eve Mass, you may have tripped over a section of his homily in which,...

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Human Family Sunday shows us the human side of God

In the usual cycle of the Church’s liturgical year, believers receive a double opportunity to celebrate the Nativity of the Lord on Christmas and his earthly family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph on the...

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With American backing, thinkers gather in Rome to defend ‘Humanae Vitae’

ROME – With American Catholic backing, a group of jurists and theologians are gathering in Rome this week to push back against a seemingly more permissive stance from the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy...

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Faith comforts family of Indian Catholic killed by stray bullet in Sudan

MUMBAI – An Indian Catholic killed by a stray bullet in Sudan in front of his wife and daughter on April 15 is finally home, with his remains returned to the southern Indian state of Kerala May 19 and...

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Vatican reaffirms ‘no’ to birth control, IVF in new family compact

ROME – While maintaining its stance against IVF, the Vatican issued a new document Tuesday sounding an alarm about declining birth rates and touting alternatives to methods of artificial reproduction...

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Protests erupt around papal event, but Francis wasn’t the target

ROME – Four police officers and one young woman were injured Friday during a protest march attempting to reach an event dedicated to raising Italy’s historically low birth rate where Pope Francis was...

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