A long-awaited report on the underlying causes of the sexual abuse of minors by priests found the chief culprit to be the stress of the social and sexual turmoil of the 1960's and 70's coupled with inadequate preparation and monitoring of priests that led to the outbreak of abuse that took place primarily during the 1960's and 70's.
Friday, September 16 will be an historic day in the lives of Catholics in England and Wales - it is the day that the traditional Friday fast will be re-established.
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples, Italy announced on Saturday that unrepentant members of the mafia in that city will no longer be entitled to a church funeral, or to serve as godfathers at baptisms.
Christian leaders in Egypt are calling on the international community for help after a group of Islamist extremists killed twelve and wounded hundreds during a 14-hour assault on Christian churches in Cairo on Saturday evening.
The Socialist mayor of Reims, France, refused to allow the Our Father to be sung during a celebration marking the 800th anniversary of Reims Cathedral.
On June 1, a new civil unions law will go into effect in the state of Illinois, and officials at Catholic Charities have already announced that they will not go against Church teaching and offer their more than 3,000 children for adoption by homosexual couples.
Final preparations are underway in Rome for the beatification of Pope John Paul II on Mercy Sunday, including the transporting of his casket from the Vatican crypt to a place of honor in front of the tomb of St. Peter.
Cardinal Francis George has suspended Father Michael Pfleger, the controversial pastor of Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church and has barred him from performing his priestly duties because of public statements he made about a possible reassignment.
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