St. Francis 

Catholic Church

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Guatemalan Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini said he notices when he visits family in the U.S. that almost anywhere he goes, the lights seem...

IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- A close aide to St. John Paul II has vigorously defended the late pope's handling of sexual abuse by...

IMAGE: CNS photo/Thomas Mukoya, Reuters By Beth Griffin UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- Women should not be required to divest themselves of femininity to achieve empowerment and gender equality, according...

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- One of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America said he supports an effort to declare St. Oscar Romero a doctor of the...

IMAGE: CNS photo/Josh Estey, Care International via Reuters By Bronwen Dachs CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) -- Two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Zimbabwe are among the more than 300 people...