Shazia Imran, a Christian woman, was kidnapped, raped and killed by four Muslim men because she refused to convert to Islam and marry a man who had set his eyes on her. Mani Gujjar is the main suspect in the death of the 40-year-old Christian widow. After failing to...
People who attend worship services regularly tend to have more close friendships, which can in turn lead to better health outcomes. Most health care professionals know they can’t fully assess patients’ health without looking at social determinants, the nonmedical...
Female pastoral workers in a German parish are triggering outrage among faithful Catholics after the women processed with the Blessed Sacrament on the feast of Corpus Christi. Marita Franzen and Sandra Ostermann, who hold the position of gemeindereferentin (pastoral...
In what’s likely to be seen as a classic example of the adage that “personnel is policy,” Pope Francis on Saturday tapped an Argentine archbishop widely seen as a close ally and ghostwriter for several major papal documents as the Vatican’s new doctrinal czar. In a...
Honoring Saints Peter and Paul, the patrons of Rome, on their liturgical feast day, Pope Francis said understanding and imitating Jesus is not a matter of following doctrinal formulas or the “rigid observance” of rules and norms. Rather, it means letting go of...
