Brian Fraga writes from Massachusetts.
CNS photo In a scathing 11-page written statement, the Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States accuses Pope Francis of ignoring concerns about Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and lifting sanctions against the former cardinal years before the public became aware of abuse allegations
Official Catholic teaching now holds that the death penalty is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” The Church also has committed itself to work “with determination” for the worldwide abolition of capital punishment, according
The Catholic Church in Pennsylvania conducted a decades-long “systematic” and “sophisticated” cover-up to protect alleged predator-priests, a state grand jury concluded, following a nearly two-year investigation into how local Church officials handled child sex-abuse allegations. In announcing the grand jury’s findings, which
When students at Roman Catholic High School learn about American history, they may as well be taking a course on their own school’s heritage. Civil War veterans built Roman Catholic High School, which was the first diocesan Catholic high school in the
At 69 years, John Tucker jokes that he should be enjoying retirement with his feet up on the couch and watching “Dr. Phil” on the tube. “But I don’t want to do that,” said Tucker, who left a successful financial planning firm
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s upcoming retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court has risen hopes in Catholic and pro-life circles that the high court will not only be more amenable to religious freedom and conscience rights, but may even revisit its precedents on abortion.
The June 12 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was unusual, not least of all for its bringing together the heads of two countries who have remained officially at war even since the cease-fire in
Amid days of political tumult in the White House, ranging from President Donald Trump’s escalating protests against the Department of Justice’s Russian probe to the uncertain state of the planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, some good news emerged
Catholic school leaders from New England to California are joining their public school counterparts in evaluating safety protocols and looking to see what they can do to prevent school shootings and other tragedies. From building relationships with local law enforcement agencies to
In the Gospel of John, Jesus prayed that Christians would be united just as he and God the Father are one. But from the Church’s early days, that unity has been tested. Christians over the centuries have disagreed with each other over