The Vatican is greeting the visit to Italy of Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week with a new round of overtures and says the "door is always open" to dialogue.
French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon said Pope Francis would not accept his resignation following his conviction for covering up clerical sexual abuse, so he has decided to step aside...
By Steven D. Greydanus | When it comes to Islam and violence, there are main two bumper-sticker schools of thought. One is the irenic line popularized by the George W. Bush administration:...
By Janet Morana | California is on the right track where the death penalty is concerned. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent announcement that there will be a moratorium on executions was certainly good news...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Eli Burakian, Dartmouth College By WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (CNS) -- A Dartmouth College cosmologist and theoretical physicist, who considers himself a religious agnostic even though...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Muhammad Hamed, Reuters By Dale Gavlak RAMTHA, Jordan (CNS) -- As Syria's civil war enters its ninth year, citizens in and outside the country find themselves in limbo. Catholic and...