Catholic News Service

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."

 A Catholic bishop in the northernmost island of the Philippines has appealed for prayers and help for victims of twin earthquakes that rocked Batanes province July 27.

Africa's bishops pledged to work together to ensure that the continent's resources serve development and peace of all people.

The regional chaplain of the Italian military police mourned the murder of an officer in Rome.

Bishops and friends remember the recently-deceased Cardinal Ortega of Cuba. 

The Vatican press office said that the results of a morphological analysis of bones and bone fragments found at an ossuary in a Vatican cemetery concluded that none belonged to Emanuela Orlandi.

Days after rescue workers recovered the bodies of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis urged the international community to "act quickly" to prevent future tragedies.

The St. Louis Archdiocese released a list of names of archdiocesan clergy with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of a minor July 26.

In the wake of the historic resignation of Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello, the people of the Caribbean island must continue to maintain their unity to overcome the social ills that led to the crisis, the Puerto Rican bishops' conference said.

If given appropriate support, Africa's young people can be the engine to propel the continent's growth.

Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, retired archbishop of Havana, died July 26 at the age of 82.