I have an image in my mind of the godly old lady I want to be someday: soft-spoken, kind to all, full of wisdom. Having logged half a century under God’s sanctifying sandpaper, I should be well on my [...]

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algiers, Algeria, writing in 'Gays and Catholics: The Church Put to the Test of Reality,' praised Pope Francis' efforts to end the 'judgment' of homosexuals. --- Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algiers, Algeria, writing in 'Gays and Catholics: [...]

Over 90 percent of the Catholics in Nigeria are thought to go to Mass every Sunday, the highest proportion in the world. They need lay catechists. --- Over 90 percent of the Catholics in Nigeria are thought to go to Mass [...]

Hundreds protested an Israel-linked real estate expo marketing homes built on West Bank property to Jewish buyers only as officials condemned it as discriminatory and illegal. --- Hundreds protested an Israel-linked real estate expo marketing homes built on West Bank property [...]

Israel pursues its own interests; can America? The post The American ‘Passionate Attachment’ to Israel appeared first on The American Conservative. --- Foreign Affairs The American ‘Passionate Attachment’ to Israel Israel pursues its own interests; can America? (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images) President [...]

Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal has condemned the killing of three Christians in Manipur, a state in the far northeastern part of India. --- MUMBAI, India – Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal has condemned the killing of three Christians in Manipur, [...]