Sister Mary Ann Zollmann former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious nbsp awoke at four this morning to watch on cable the announcement of the Vatican 39 s long-awaited report stemming from the six-year apostolic visitation Zollmann says she was heartened first of all by the

A process that many women rsquo s religious congregations once viewed as hurtful and intrusive has turned into a tale of transformation for the country rsquo s nearly 59 000 religious sisters That is how several sisters in leadership positions now describe the Vatican rsquo s ldquo apostolic visita

The enchanting music and song of the Missa Criolla resounded through St Peter rsquo s Basilica on the evening of Dec 12 as Francis the first Latin American pope celebrated mass on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and expressed the hope that the continent where he was born would distinguish its

Pope Francis will hold a Consistory for the creation of new cardinals on 14-15 February 2015 nbsp He has also convened a meeting of the entire College of Cardinals for the two days prior to that event but has not yet disclosed the topic s they will discuss nbsp Father Federico Lombardi S J t

ldquo No Longer Slaves But Brothers and Sisters rdquo That is the title of Pope Francis rsquo s Message for the World Day of Peace that will be celebrated on Jan 1 2015 in which he describes modern slavery as ldquo a global phenomenon rdquo and calls for a worldwide mobilization ldquo to e

Author Eric Schlosser spent six years researching the safety record of the keepers of America rsquo s diminished but still vast nuclear arsenal The most shocking thing he rsquo s learned ldquo That the difference between safety and catastrophe in the United States has come down to a single switch