Set out with courage, pope tells Italian women religious
Despite declining numbers and sometimes a lack of appreciation from clergy, women religious are called to be courageous like the women disciples who discovered Jesus' empty tomb and rushed off to share the news of his resurrection, Pope Francis said.
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Contamination of water poses long-term hazards to communities, environment
The biblical author of Proverbs advises, "Drink water from your own cistern; flowing water from your own well." But in the centuries before Jesus Christ's birth when these verses were written, water pollution from chemicals and artificial contaminants was unknown.
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Archbishop, governor call for prayer as Louisville mourns mass shooting
Amid calls for prayer and praise for first responders, officials confirmed that four people were killed in an April 10 mass shooting, Easter Monday morning, in a downtown bank in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Pope hospitalized for respiratory infection, Vatican says
After having difficulty breathing, Pope Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital March 29 where he was diagnosed with a respiratory infection, the Vatican press office said.
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Pope Francis accepts German bishop’s resignation over errors in handling abuse
The vice president of the German bishops' conference, Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, has become the first Catholic bishop in Germany to resign in connection with the abuse scandal.
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Michigan third grader launches ‘Kid’s Bible in a Year with Teddy’ podcast