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Pope Francis has reaffirmed the Church's policy barring active homosexuals from seminaries.

The papal letter blocks the publication of the document of the German bishops that ignited the controversy and reassigns the question to a more mature reflection at the level of the "universal" Church.

Consisting of 10 articles, the hospital's new charter affirms that proper medical care does not involve just looking for a cure, but also includes palliative care, as well as spiritual and psychological support for the family.

A picture of Fr. Lucien Ambunga, who was said to have contracted the disease after ministering to a dying patient, kneeling as a bishop prayed for him across a fence went viral earlier in the week.

Solidarity says we should help everyone. Subsidiarity says the best way to do that is to empower those who know them best — their families and communities.

If an institution does not defend innocent life, it can be called many things, but it should not be called Catholic.

William Maillis, an 11-year-old genius, thinks he can prove Hawking's theory wrong.

The 7-2 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v Colorado Civil Rights Commission could be a landmark ruling for freedom of religion and conscience cases.

When you give your heart and soul to politics, you lose your sense of decency, proportion, plain dealing, and human kindness. It does not matter what the politics is.

Of an estimated 10,000 individuals in the US each year discerning the seminary or religious life, 42% are blocked from doing so because of student debt.

A new survey by the Pew Research Center looks past the headlines that worry the established churches to ask what Western Europeans think about religion.

Today, it is clear that Ireland does not have the political or media outlets to oppose the liberal agenda currently unleashed on the Irish people.

The threat to Britons who speak out about Islamization comes not just from Muslims, but also from the authorities who have, in effect, bowed to Islam.

The preconditions are that we know the standards of moral conduct set down in Scripture and Church teaching, we have taken stock of our own spiritual state against those standards, and we have addressed them through confession and repentance.

No external, physical, social, or educational work frees us from the need for spiritual work.

If our response to real or perceived injustice is itself uncivil, are we actually promoting positive cultural change?

And what you can do to actually feel better about a problem or person.

This plan is applicable for parents, teens, and even children so that we can avoid the ever-present danger of the attacks against purity and, if we have fallen, to gently and confidently return to the Lord, through the intercession of Mary, with all our hearts.

This is like a homing beacon; it helps to pinpoint where the problem is.

The difficulty for me, as a husband, is not the abstinence portion.