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Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa

Destroy hatred, not enemies, to bring peace, papal preacher says

VATICAN CITY - Peace does not come from wiping out enemies, it comes from destroying all hatred with prayer, dialogue and friendship, including in the Church and within the Roman Curia, said the preacher of the papal household.

A monstrance fished from Loch Raven Reservoir in Maryland is the centerpiece of a new adoration chapel at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.

Monstrance fished from reservoir centerpiece of new adoration chapel

BALTIMORE - A man fishing at the Loch Raven Reservoir in north Baltimore County some two decades ago was convinced he had snagged a big fish after his line hooked something substantial.

Pope Francis holds his zucchetto as he leads his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 10. In his talk, the pope reviewed the October extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family.

Synod disagreement part of a dialogue, Pope says

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis used his weekly audience Dec. 10 to challenge media reports of “clashes between factions” at the recent bishops’ Synod on family issues.

Jean-Baptise de Franssu, left, new president of the Vatican bank, outgoing President Ernst Von Freyberg, right, and Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, leave at the end of a news conference at the Vatican July 9. The Vatican said it will separate its bank's investment business from its church payments work to try to clean up after years of scandal, including allegations of money laundering and tax evasion.

Vatican investigates two former bank managers in embezzlement case

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican City prosecutor has opened an investigation into possible embezzlement by two former top officials at the Institute for the Works of Religion, more commonly called the Vatican bank.

Left to right: Blessed Jeanne Emilie De Villeneuve, Blessed Mary Alphonsine Danil Ghattas and Blessed Mariam Baouardy. Pope Francis recognized the miracles needed for the canonization of a French foundress and two Palestinian nuns.

Pope issues decrees in sainthood causes of eight women

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis recognized the miracles needed for the canonization of two Palestinian nuns and of a French woman who founded a religious order.

Catholic Answers apologist and author Tim Staples spoke of how as a Protestant he used to love stumping Catholics with zingers from the Bible.Catholic Answers apologist and author Tim Staples spoke of how as a Protestant he used to love stumping Catholics with zingers from the Bible. Staples spoke in Ottawa Dec. 6.

Former Protestant loved stumping Catholics with Bible verses

OTTAWA - Catholic apologist Tim Staples used to love stumping Catholics with Bible verses in the days he was a Pentecostal, until he met a Catholic who stumped him.

Pope Francis talks with Italian Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, during the morning session on the final day of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18.

Pope Francis speaks: 5 takeaways from another blockbuster interview

VATICAN CITY - Gay marriage was never on the agenda at the recent Synod of Bishops on the Family and the subject “did not cross our minds,” Pope Francis said in a new headline-grabbing interview.

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he leads the Angelus from his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Pope calls for more 'integration' of divorced Catholics, gays

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must find new ways to integrate the divorced and civilly remarried in the life of the church and to make it easier for Catholic families to accept their homosexual members.

Church needs more women theologians, their insights, Pope says

Church needs more women theologians, their insights, Pope says

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said he was pleased that five of the 30 members of the International Theological Commission are women, but the body that advises the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as well as the Church in general, needs more women theologians.

Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, is pictured during a 2011 ceremony in Santo Domingo. The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith found the archbishop guilty of sexual abuse of minors and has ordered that he be laicized.

Pope Francis calls for ‘truth’ in case of former ambassador accused of abuse

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis told authorities from the Dominican Republic that the “truth” must prevail in the investigation of a former Vatican ambassador who was convicted and defrocked for abusing teenage boys in the Caribbean country.

Pope Francis speaks as he leads a meeting with representatives of religious communities working in South Korea during an encounter in Kkottongnae, South Korea on Aug. 16.

Support Catholic religious in their mission, ministries, pope says

VATICAN CITY - During the Year of Consecrated Life, all Catholics are called to thank God for the gifts members of religious orders have given the Church and the world, to join them in prayer and find practical ways to support them and their ministries, Pope Francis said.

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