By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Senate in an evening vote Feb. 25 failed to pass a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to require that babies born alive after an abortion be given medical attention and "the same protection of law as any newborn." The Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Erik Anderson, AAP images via Reuters By MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) — An Australian court found Cardinal George Pell guilty on five charges related to the sexual abuse of two 13-year-old boys; sentencing is expected in early March, but the cardinal’s lawyer already has announced plans to appeal the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Roadside By Denis Grasska SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The Truett brothers, Zach and Dave, have had it rough. Their mother died of cancer. Their father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, walked out on his teenage sons and turned to the bottle. The brothers hope …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Rafael Marchante, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Technology holds the potential to benefit all of humankind, but it also poses risky and unforeseen results, Pope Francis said. The rapid evolution of increased technological capacities, for example with artificial intelligence and robotics, creates a "dangerous enchantment; …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The time has come for an "all-out battle" against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church. For quite …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican television By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church needs a true conversion that places survivors, and not the institution, as the focus of its concern as it enacts measures to combat the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable people, said Australian Archbishop Mark …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Evandro Inetti, pool By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an opulent Vatican room designed in the 16th century for papal meetings with kings, a cardinal read, "We confess that we have shielded the guilty and have silenced those who have been harmed." "Kyrie, eleison," (Lord, have …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Television By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If they are truly serious about fighting clerical sex abuse, bishops must join forces with journalists and not view them as enemies plotting against the Catholic Church, Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki said. Alazraki, who has covered the Vatican …

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Transparent, reliable and respectful administration is critical for counteracting sinful behavior within the Catholic Church, said German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising. "There are no alternatives to traceability and transparency," he said, adding that he saw no convincing reason why the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The hypocrisy of Catholic leaders who claimed to be guardians of morality yet remained silent about clerical sexual abuse has left the church’s credibility in shambles, an African woman religious told bishops at the Vatican summit on abuse. …