IMAGE: CNS photo/Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Saying he wanted to renew his "urgent call to respond to the ecological crisis," Pope Francis asked Catholics around the globe to participate in the international observance of "Laudato Si’ Week" May 16-24. Sponsored by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting …

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After receiving a request from Mexico’s bishops for assistance in handling cases of the abuse of minors, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is sending its top abuse investigator to Mexico. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Frank J. Methe, Clarion Herald By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — For more than 20 years, Dan Schneider bargained with God. The negotiations began in 1999, when Schneider’s son Danny was killed at midnight on the streets of New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward, triggering the devastated …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Joe Ruff ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis shared some advice from the Minnesota Catholic Conference with priests and deacons in the archdiocese: It might be best not to vote in the March 3 presidential primary. Given …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After decades of anticipation, the Vatican archives are ready to welcome, starting March 2, scores of scholars wishing to study documents related to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII. All 85 researchers who have requested access have been …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should follow the example of Jesus in the desert by never trying to dialogue with the devil when tempted, Pope Francis said. "Jesus does two things with the devil: he drives him away or, as in this case, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should follow the example of Jesus in the desert by never trying to dialogue with the devil when tempted, Pope Francis said. "Jesus does two things with the devil: he drives him away or, as in this case, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — During a Feb. 27 congressional hearing about the status of the nation’s refugee program, Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington quoted someone who is not frequently mentioned on Capitol Hill: Pope Francis. "Today I am here to echo the …

IMAGE: CNS By Laura Ann Phillips PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CNS) — On Feb. 26, 1970, 200 angry youths stormed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain, draped its statues in black cloth and criticized the church on its failure to challenge race and class imbalances in …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Laura Ann Phillips By Laura Ann Phillips PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CNS) — On Feb. 26, 1970, 200 angry youths stormed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain, draped its statues in black cloth and criticized the church on its failure to challenge race and …