Front-row Vatican coverage:

News

Census concerns: Citizenship question would hurt results, critics caution

By Heidi Schlumpf

Chilean survivor of clergy sex abuse denies he is lying

By Heidi Schlumpf, Maria Benevento

Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in churches

By Alan Suderman, Religion News Service, The Associated Press

Call to Action national office tells Lincoln bishop: end excommunication 'immediately'

By Brian Roewe

USCCB president calls for prayer after pair of school shootings

By Catholic News Service

In Germany, Catholic Church grapples with blessings for gay marriage

By Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service

Parish roundup: Documentary on Rosalynn Carter coming Feb. 2

By Dan Morris-Young
Francis, the comic strip

Persecution based on religious belief is unacceptable, pope says

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Sacramento auxiliary named to succeed retiring Stockton bishop

By Catholic News Service
Book Reviews

Abortion and the 'muddled middle'

By Kelly Stewart

New Zealand bishops chat with youth about church, controversial issues

By Rowena Orejana, NZ Catholic
Editorial

Francis' commitment to abuse survivors in question

By NCR Editorial Staff

Israel's dehumanization of Palestinians enables oppressive occupation

By Ra'fat Al-Dajani

Churches in Syrian enclave say Turkish bombing is killing civilians

By Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service

Chile controversy contrasts with image of Pope Francis as a leveler

By Ken Briggs

La Salle's plans to sell off art could set university museums back, experts say

By Menachem Wecker

Justice Action Bulletin: Immigration issues; pipeline protest with the Ojibwe

By Maria Benevento
Soul Seeing

For a short while, we were Jackson's family

By Mark Redmond

A government shutdown and a papal letdown

By Pat Perriello

Congolese forces use violence to disperse church-led protests

By Catholic News Service

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