While the halls of the Vatican buzzed with activity in preparation for the Conclave which will elect the next pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI spent his first day of retirement reading, listening to music and praying.
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During an interview with the
TODAY show, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York described his last meeting with the pope as being "kind of somber" and that the Holy Father appeared very fragile.
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A recent survey by Pew Research Center has found that the vast majority of U.S. Catholics have a favorable opinion of Pope Benedict XVI, and fewer than 10 percent want the Church to change its position on same-sex marriage, women priests, or contraception.
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Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, a prelate widely favored as a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, is facing criticism today after blaming the clerical sex abuse crisis on homosexuality.
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A new study of Catholic youth in the U.S. has found that a majority admit to having stopped attending Mass, but very few are willing to completely abandon their Catholic roots.
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Brooklyn's Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was not mincing words in his latest column, accusing the pro-abortion President Obama of advocating for "that which is shameful and criminal in the eyes of Almighty God" and says those who voted for him are responsible for "a step deeper in the culture of death."
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a statement yesterday afternoon informing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the Feb. 1 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking changes to the controversial birth control mandate falls short of addressing the Church's concerns about the infringement of their conscience rights.
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After an investigation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decided not to take any regulatory action over a vending machine at a Pennsylvania college that dispenses the morning-after pill.
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The Catholic Church welcomed a group of Anglican nuns into the fold on New Year's Day as members of two Anglican communities became a new Catholic order called the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin has banned two Dominican nuns from holding workshops or providing spiritual direction at any Catholic churches in the diocese because of their espousal of "New Ageism" and "indifferentism."
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