Catholic News Service

Jesuit Fr. Michael Buckley, a noted theologian and retired Bea professor of theology at Santa Clara University, died July 25 at the Jesuit retirement home in Los Gatos after a long illness. He was 87.

In an Aug. 4 letter, Pope Francis acknowledged the shame and frustration felt by priests who are discouraged by the actions of fellow clergy members who betrayed the trust of their flock through sexual abuse and abuse of conscience and power.

Pope Francis joined other Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the U.S. left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3-4.

Pope Francis has asked families to set aside time to pray both individually and together as a family.

Catholics in a northern Philippines archdiocese marched in support of church leaders accused of conspiring to overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte.

A former leader in the pro-democracy movement in Indonesia was ordained a priest in June in Portland, Oregon. 

The Field Hospital: A group of dedicated volunteers is looking to raise a grand total of $20 million for a complete restoration of Assumption Church in Ontario, the sister parish of Ste. Anne de Detroit.

An internal investigation funded by the Jesuits revealed that a famed clergyman abused more than a dozen women over a span of nearly 50 years.

Members of pro-life groups raised $205,000 worth of funds and supplies to donate to immigrant respite centers in Texas. 

Thirty experts in theology, social sciences and family life gathered for a symposium at the University of Notre Dame in mid-July to discuss ideas for enhancing the spirituality and vitality of Catholic families worldwide.

The appointment comes as the Vatican is in the process of setting up its own reporting system about potential cases of abuse and cover-up within the Vicariate of Vatican City State.

Cardinal Blase Cupich: Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the policies that led to the Holocaust all began with words, including words that targeted "the other."

Teresa Liu, now 86 and living in Sydney, was imprisoned in Guangzhou from 1957 to 1977 by the Chinese communist government.

In a letter, two Baltimore bishops said that the president's recent comments about their city were "horrible, demeaning and beneath the dignity of a political leader."

Callahan, who co-founded in 1969 the world's first bioethics research institute, was once described as "perhaps the most influential Catholic layman of the 1960s."

In a 5-4 vote July 26, the Supreme Court said the Trump administration could use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to pay for construction and repairs of a wall along the U.S-Mexico border.

The state's three bishops said that the governor's $444 million budget cuts pose "a direct negative impact on the most poor and vulnerable in our state."