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FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The Colosseum has long been a symbol of the persecution of early Christians.
(Nick Ansell/PA via AP, archive)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Recent allegations about one of the United Kingdom’s biggest and best-known charities has driven increased demands from some quarters that overseas aid be reduced, if not abolished completely.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
In November 2016, the International Medical Committee of Lourdes confirmed the nun's "unexplained healing, in the current state of scientific knowledge."
FaithFaith in Focus
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
A pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago has historically been many things, including, in the Middle Ages, a penance for one’s sins. Last year, 277,915 athletes, bikers, families and friends made the Way of St. James a challenge, vacation or spiritual experience.
A pro-life activist holds a rosary stands outside an abortion clinic in 2012 in London. A prominent Catholic lawyer has expressed concern that local governments are considering exclusion zones around abortion clinics, with no proof anyone is harassing pregnant women. (CNS photo/Andrew Winning, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
Local councils in London, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Manchester are considering establishing buffer zones around abortion clinics.
Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, president of the German bishops' conference, celebrates Mass in 2017 during the opening of the annual meeting of Germany's bishops at the cathedral in Cologne. (CNS photo/Sascha Steinbach, EPA)
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
On Wednesday, the German bishops’ conference sought to correct reports that the cardinal endorsed the blessing of same-sex unions.