By SYDNEY (CNS) — For a third consecutive day, a top Vatican official gave testimony to an Australian commission about what he knew of the church’s reassignment of abusive priests. The focus of Cardinal George Pell’s testimony to Australia’s Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse March 2 …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — For Father Leo Patalinghug, faith and food go hand in hand, or in cooking terms, they blend; there is no trick to folding one into the other. “The idea of food in faith is implicit in our Scriptures.It’s implicit in …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim West By WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new report on U.S. women religious said that religious life is becoming not only more multiethnic but more international as well. The report, “Understanding U.S. Catholic Sisters Today,” said that of all women who entered religious life in the past 10 …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Wu Hong, EPA By Gaby Maniscalco SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (CNS) — Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral was dark as men and women of different faiths walked down the center aisle of the mission-revival-style church. The names of the 14 victims of the Dec. 2 shooting at the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Justin Lane, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — We must always forgive others who have wronged us because that is how our hearts are opened to receive God’s grace, pardon and healing, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. “If you aren’t able to forgive, how …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy FAITH Catholic By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Holy See and Vatican City State have continued to strengthen their institutional, legal and operational frameworks for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, an international monitoring organization said. “Moneyval” — the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts …

By Sam Lucero VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church needs the extraordinary Holy Year to become an effective witness of God’s divine mercy, Pope Francis said. “The jubilee is a favorable time for all of us, so that in contemplating divine mercy, which surpasses every human limitation and shines …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Open Road Films By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican newspaper said the Oscar-winning film, “Spotlight,” is not anti-Catholic. “It is not an anti-Catholic movie, as has been written, because the film succeeds in giving voice to the alarm and deep pain” experienced by the Catholic …

By WASHINGTON (CNS) — A group of 30 Christian leaders, including Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, has asked for a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in advance of the State Department’s declaration of genocides taking place around the world. The group believes Middle East Christians should be …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Kim Ludbrook, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Salvation is not found through extraordinary things or powerful people and alliances, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. God offers it freely in response to “simple” acts of faith, like helping those in need, he said. “In …