Why These Nuns Say The Vow Of Chastity Isn’t Primarily About Sex
Much is made of the vow of chastity that priests and nuns must take to join the cloth in the Catholic Church, but the focus on abstinence isn’t exactly the…
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Brazil’s ‘Surfer Angel’ To Be Considered For Sainthood
RIO DE JANEIRO—Praying for waves? Have faith: the Catholic Church is considering a surfer for sainthood. – Read the whole story at The Wall Street Journal
A Test of Faith in Brutal Captivity
VATICAN CITY — The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley stirred global outrage, fury and despair. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s…
A Test of Faith in Brutal Captivity
VATICAN CITY — The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley stirred global outrage, fury and despair. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s…
San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Hits Back At Lawmakers Challenging Morality Clauses
(RNS) San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has rejected criticism from state lawmakers over the use of morality clauses for Catholic schoolteachers, asking whether they would “hire a campaign manager who…
More Women Are Leaving Behind Religious Identities For Something More Spiritual
(RNS) Nadia Bulkin, 27, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother, spends “zero time” thinking about God. And she finds that among her friends — both guys…
San Francisco Catholic Students Push Archdiocese To #TeachAcceptance
Catholic students in San Francisco are speaking out against their archbishop — and they chose one of the holiest days on the church’s calendar to do so. On Ash Wednesday,…
German Archdiocese Of Cologne Reveals $3.8 Billion Fortune
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne has published accounts showing the full extent of its wealth for the first time. – The publication was prompted by criticism of Germany’s Catholic…
5 myths (and one surprising fact) about Lent
Despite its ancient history (Lent became standardized in the Catholic Church around the year 325) myths about Lenten traditions abound. Here are five of the most common, as well as…
Meet Baton Rouge’s Young, Rapping Catholic Priest
The youngest priest in the Diocese of Baton Rouge has a few confessions about his faith and his music: He didn’t like the Catholic Church as a youth, tried for…
Pope Francis Looks To The ‘Peripheries’ For Latest Batch Of Cardinals
One hails from Tonga, where climate change is threatening the very existence of the archipelago. Several live in places tormented by drug violence and organized crime. Another represents a tiny,…
Protest Held After San Francisco Archbishop Tells Teachers To Follow Church Teachings
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — About 100 people attended a vigil outside the Roman Catholic cathedral in San Francisco on Friday to protest the local archbishop’s move to require teachers at…
Controversial, Capitalist Koch Brothers Pledge Millions To Catholic University Business School
(RNS) Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch recently made headlines by pledging nearly $900 million to help elect candidates who support their libertarian strain of economic conservatism, but the industrialists…
Cuba to build first new Catholic church since Castro
A neglected, weed-strewn field in a small Cuban town where there are more horses than cars seems an unlikely setting for a major shift in government policy. But in the…
Spain Indicts 10 Priests In Abuse Case That Drew Pope’s Interest
MADRID (AP) – A judge in the southern Spanish city of Granada has indicted 10 priests and two Catholic lay workers in a sex abuse case that prompted Pope Francis…
Rev. Joseph Illo, San Francisco Catholic Priest, Sparks Controversy By Barring Altar Girls
(RNS) A Catholic priest who recently took charge of a San Francisco parish has said only boys can be altar servers, a move that is sparking both criticism and praise…
Bobby Jindal Headlines All-Day Prayer Rally In Baton Rouge
Gov. Bobby Jindal continues to court Christian conservatives for a possible presidential campaign with a headlining appearance Saturday at an all-day prayer rally described as a “global prayer gathering for…
Inequality as a Religious Issue: A Conversation With the Archbishop of Canterbury
In the two years since the Most Rev. Justin Welby was installed as archbishop of Canterbury, he has traveled the world to talk with other church leaders, and his assessment…
Sister Megan Rice, 84, Now Lives In A Packed Jail Cell With 111 Other Women
www.nydailynews.com: Beige is the new black for imprisoned Sister Megan Rice, an 84-year old Catholic nun and anti-nuclear activist.
Residents Near Center For Troubled Priests Worry About Property Values
DITTMER, Mo. (RNS) A quiet street and a quaint three-bedroom home drew Mike Stenzhorn and his family to Dittmer 15 years ago. He and his two children loved the neighborhood…
Sister Donna Markham Named First Female Head Of Catholic Charities
(RNS) A nun has been chosen as the next president of Catholic Charities USA, the first time that a woman will head the church’s main charitable arm in its 105-year…
I’m a feminist and I converted to Islam
I am a Muslim, but I wasn’t always. I converted to Islam in November 2001, two months after 9/11. I was 21 and living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was…