IMAGE: CNS photo/Marcos Brindicci, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A bishop from Argentina who had been working in the Vatican’s real estate administration office is the object of a preliminary diocesan investigation after accusations came to light of sexual abuse, abuse of power and mismanagement in his …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Providence He By Katie Scott PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — Wrangler doesn’t have an MD and he can’t write prescriptions, but he works hard to help children who are injured or ill and often scared. The Labrador is the first full-time facility dog at Providence St. Vincent Medical …

IMAGE: Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) — To show support for the U.S. bishops as they gathered at the Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake near Chicago for a weeklong retreat in early January, members of lay ecclesial movements met at St. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The clerical abuse crisis and the "crisis of credibility" it created for the U.S. bishops have led to serious divisions within the U.S. church and to a temptation to look for administrative solutions to problems that go much deeper, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even though today’s modern tools and technologies are hardly human, the Pontifical Academy for Life is zeroing in on the world of robots and machines powered by artificial intelligence. While the academy’s focus is on the protection of human life …

By EAGLE RIVER, Alaska (CNS) — St. Andrew Parish in Eagle River, 10 miles from the epicenter of the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that shook the region Nov. 30, is facing steep repair bills as it suffered the greatest damage of any church in the Archdiocese of Anchorage. The cost to fully …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Gabrielle O’Gorman via Global Sisters Report By Sarah Mac Donald DUBLIN (CNS) — Women who worked in Ireland’s "Magdalene laundries" but were denied compensation under the state’s Magdalene Restorative Justice program have won their long-running battle to have their applications reassessed. New legislation will ensure that payments …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are not better than other people, but they do know that God is their father and they are called "to reflect a ray of his goodness in this world thirsting for goodness, waiting for good news," Pope Francis …

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The surprising news in November that the Vatican had asked U.S. bishops not to vote on several proposals for responding to the sexual abuse crisis was motivated by a lack of time given the Vatican to study the proposals and potential conflicts with …

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A new year is a chance for a new start, a time to remember that all people are brothers and sisters and a time to nurture amazement that God became human to save all people, Pope Francis said. The Jan. 1 feast of …