“We’re batting a thousand” on the issues that the bishops have been supporting in recent months, said Kathy Saile.
The Vatican said the recent election of new church leaders by government-controlled Catholic groups in China have "unilaterally damaged" hopes of improved relations.
A Canadian official has fired back at the country's bishops after they criticized his recently introduced bill against human smuggling.
Infringements on the freedom of religion threaten peace worldwide as well as stifle authentic human development, the pope said.
Growing up, I had many evangelical friends who were preoccupied with an imminent Second Coming of Christ. I could never get on board with this apocalyptic worldview—I think I worried too much about experiencing a frightening moment, when I realized that the truly faithful had been raptured awa