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The Archbishop of Panama told young people from across the globe that a life of holiness is really possible with the help of God's grace.

The former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says Church leaders must acknowledge the central role homosexuality has played in the abuse crisis.

The Archbishop of Canterbury on God, politics and Christian unity.

From Fr. Paul Scalia: Until Jesus Christ, celibacy was virtually unknown. Our Lord's celibacy revealed the essence of his mission, and manifested him as the Bridegroom of the Church.

How we got from sexual liberation to #metoo.

100,000 were expected to attend. In actuality, the number may have been double — or triple.

The march has become more a celebration of pro-life energies than a commemoration of abortion victims. The unbroken atmosphere of joyousness begins to wear thin after a while.

"Pregnancy is not a disease cured by abortion. Women deserve real, life-affirming care, and taxpayers deserve a return on their investment that helps women and their children, born and preborn."

The governor's work to pass New York's Reproductive Health Act is at odds with the Catholic Church's well-known opposition to abortion.

A new nonprofit, Them Before Us, aims to defend children's rights in the family. We use story to highlight the true victims, and we critique all practices and policies that prioritize adult desires above children's rights.

The mobbing of the Covington Catholic high school boys that dominated social media was wrong.

What Catholic ecclesiastics and intellectuals don't seem to understand is that the secular liberal world, rather than willing to make a place for them if they go along with secular liberal pieties, is in a war against them — with the goal of total annihilation.

College is acknowledging a "darker side of this story."

She met mere mortals with and without the Vatican's approval.

Human composting puts shrouded unembalmed human remains in a revolving cylinder with wood chips, alfalfa, and other organic matter to hasten decomposition. After a month, the body is reduced to a cubic yard of nutrient-dense soil.

Thanks to smaller family sizes, higher divorce rates and increasingly demanding jobs, the number of people available to take care of their elderly loved ones is shrinking.

Notes on drinking, on the Centennial of the 18th Amendment.

By their very nature as a source of light, candles draw our attention. As a symbol of the Light that overcomes darkness, they also remind us of Christ.

He's preaching to young men who might be maimed or dead in three months.

Pope Francis has said he wants to "deflate" expectations for his Feb. 21-24 summit for presidents of bishops' conferences on clerical sexual abuse, saying it's mostly about transmitting a "catechesis" on the drama of abuse.

Pope Francis said on Saturday the Roman Catholic Church was weary and "wounded by her own sin," in an apparent reference to the global sexual abuse crisis.