CHIMBOTE, Peru – Rachel Roa had visited Peru before, but on a trip with fellow U.S. university students she discovered her parents’ homeland in a new way.Read More

OXFORD, England – Officials in the Diocese of Regensburg, Germany, have said plans by the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X to ordain new priests without Vatican consent at a local seminary will lead to their excommunication.Read More

DUBLIN, Ireland – One of Ireland’s most vocal advocates of justice for abuse survivors said a June 3 meeting with the Irish prime minister was “the first time the government had listened” to the story of victims who suffered under the care of religious orders and their campaign for redress.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has granted the Congregation for Clergy new powers to dismiss from the priesthood and release from the obligation of celibacy priests who are living with women, who have abandoned their ministry for more than five years or who have engaged in seriously scandalous behavior.Read More

DUBLIN, Ireland – The 18 Irish religious orders implicated in decades of abuse of thousands of children in their care have agreed to increase their contribution to the compensation fund for victims.Read More

VATICAN CITY – U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt, was welcomed by Vatican media as a step toward peace and a new beginning in American relations with Muslims.Read More

On that memorable day, when Elizabeth Lange met Sulpician Father James Joubert, providence was at work. Father Joubert expressed his need for help in instructing the black children in religious education, and Elizabeth was willing to offer that help. Likewise, Elizabeth mentioned to Joubert that for 10 years she had the desire to offer her...Read More

Some students at Mother Seton Academy in Baltimore have never taken a ride in the country, let alone set foot on a dairy farm.Read More