In his new apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis puts to rest any speculation that he might bend the rules on the Church's moral positions by stating that the institution of female priests is "not a question open to discussion" and that the taking of a human life by abortion is always wrong.
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A record number of retailers offered an early start to the Christmas shopping season last week by opening their stores on Thanksgiving Day, but the move didn't result in an increase in sales.
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While addressing participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Pope Francis encouraged the faithful not to put aside their own beliefs in order to dialogue with those of other faiths but to "have the courage and the patience to encounter and come towards each other as we are.”
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China's one-child policy has not only ended the lives of millions of babies, but a new meta-analysis of Chinese studies has revealed a 44 percent increase in breast cancer among women who had at least one induced abortion.
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One of the world's best known psychics, Sylvia Browne, died on November 20 at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, California, at the age of 77. The cause of death has not been released.
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A full-time student and mother of four from Guthrie, Oklahoma gave the thief her stole her wallet two choices - return my wallet and let me buy your groceries, or be arrested.
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Pope Francis proved to be the most talked about person on the Internet in 2013, beating out the UK's glamorous new mother, Kate Middleton, and the scandal-plagued Barack Obama.
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Mother Mary Tallon
During the recent General Assembly of the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the nation's bishops conducted the required canonical episcopal consultation on the sainthood cause of Servant of God Mary Teresa Tallon, the daughter of Irish immigrants from New York who could be on her way to becoming America's next saint.
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The Vatican is planning an historic end to the Year of Faith by placing the bones of St. Peter on display for the first time since their discovery decades ago.
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Scientists are calling for more research after a Swedish study found evidence that children conceived through in vitro fertilization are four times more likely of developing certain birth defects, and have a much higher risk of developing childhood cancers.
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While addressing participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Pope Francis encouraged the faithful not to put aside their own beliefs in order to dialogue with those of other faiths but to "have the courage and the patience to encounter and come towards each other as we are.”
Mother Mary Tallon