Pope Francis will make his first trip to Africa
Pope Francis will visit Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic in a pilgrimage that will bring him face to face with Islamic extremism and Christian-Muslim violence on the continent.
View ArticlePapal parade added in DC from Ellipse to National Mall
Washington officials joined New York in responding to outcries from a public desperate to see the pope during his US visit.
View ArticlePope Francis will find a US Church struggling to hold onto Latinos
Francis will arrive in the US carrying the hopes of many for what he might do for American Catholicism. But few of these goals have as much urgency as affirming the place of Latinos in the Church and...
View ArticleBehind-the-scenes account of Vatican conflict coming in November
An Italian journalist's behind-the-scenes account of conflict between Pope Francis and opponents in the Vatican will be published in the US on Nov. 10.
View ArticleCloistered nuns bake Communion wafers for papal Mass in Philly
A group of cloistered nuns has been working overtime in the kitchen to help Philadelphia Church officials prepare for Pope Francis' visit, baking 100,000 Communion hosts for his public Mass.
View ArticleJoe Biden on faith and getting back up
His Catholic faith brings him solace, Vice President Joe Biden told Stephen Colbert Thursday night; comfort in the face of devastating loss.
View ArticleTaking an oath: Marriage, annulments, Kim Davis, and ‘A Man for All Seasons’
The 1966 classic starring Paul Scofield resonates with both the Kim Davis case and the pope's annulment reform in striking ways.
View ArticleThe US will show the pope its panoply of religious life
Francis will kick off his US visit with a White House reception featuring leaders of major evangelical groups, liberal Protestants, the "Nuns on the Bus" leader, and a gay Catholic blogger who says...
View ArticleChoo-choo: Now tourists can take a train to see the Castel Gandolfo gardens
The public can visit the Vatican Museums in Rome and the gardens and a new papal portrait gallery at Castel Gandolfo thanks to the weekly service launched by the Vatican and Italy's railway.
View ArticleA media guide to Pope Francis’ trip to America
Expect the unexpected, and polish your Spanish; this spontaneous pontiff will go off-script and off-the-cuff, often adding impromptu events that turn out to be the day’s biggest headline. PLUS: A...
View ArticleChile Catholic Church rocked by e-mail scandal
Leaked e-mails between the archbishop of Santiago and his predecessor show they tried to block a well-known abuse survivor from being named to Pope Francis' sex abuse commission.
View ArticleWant to become a saint? Pope says to stop trash-talking
Someone who has never ever spoken ill of another could be declared a saint right away, Pope Francis said.
View ArticleWill Catholicism go the way of Judaism?
Marquette theologian Daniel Maguire predicts Catholicism will soon divide into reform, conservative, and orthodox communities. I don't know if he's right, but his ideas consistently go where few others...
View ArticlePart 2: From flush to floundering, parish finances cover the gamut
Where to get enough money to keep the place and its programs running is a perennial problem for every parish, although the scale of the amount of money involved can be dramatically different.
View ArticlePope’s trip to Cuba and US may get even trickier with last-minute changes
An unplanned meeting with Fidel Castro in Cuba is likely, an encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the UN is unlikely, and if the pope meets with sexual abuse victims in the US, we'll find...
View ArticlePope to give 4 speeches in English in US, the rest in Spanish
Pope Francis will deliver only four out of his 18 speeches in the US in English, using his native Spanish for the vast majority of his homilies and speeches.
View ArticleOur renters haven’t paid for 3 months because their mother has cancer and...
Your tenants need to figure out how to cope with the situation they’re in, but you should be willing to do what you can to help.
View ArticleMark Wahlberg will have to watch his mouth in front of the pope
Pope Francis hasn’t watched TV in a couple of decades, which might be a good thing since the sometimes foul-mouthed Mark Walhberg is hosting the Festival of Families that the pope is scheduled to attend.
View ArticleThe paradox at the heart of the Catholic World Meeting of Families
"Love is our mission" is the promo language for the World Meeting of Families. But what's being shown LGBT Catholics feels less like love and more like a chill wind.
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