A senior White House adviser says evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson’s remark that Haiti has been “cursed” doesn’t express the spirit of the American people or the president.
VATICAN CITY -- Unlike much of the world, the Vatican is not awed by the film "Avatar."
Islamic Society of North America has picked a lawyer and educator from Chicago as its new secretary-general.
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- More than 1,000 unreleased recordings of lectures by L. Ron Hubbard and reams of corresponding writings have been unveiled in the culmination of a 25-year project to locate, restore and transcribe lost pieces of the Scientology founder's work.
Each summer, I compile a spiritual summer reading list with the idea that those long, lazy, balmy days give us extra time to read for pleasure (and not just on the commute to and from work.)
BEIJING -- The Rev. Leon Yao Liang, a bishop in China's underground church who was imprisoned for more than 28 years under the communists, has died, a U.S.-based Catholic group reported Monday. He was 86.
LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.
An elegant lady in an ankle-length fur coat entered Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse on Rush Street on New Year's Day, then came right back out, disappointed. Gibsons was closed to its regular crowd of well-heeled customers. Instead, about 150 Gibsons workers and their families were volunteering next door at Hugo's Frog Bar & Fish House, another Gibsons restaurant -- serving free meals to 250 people served by Catholic Charities, coming from homeless shelters, senior and veterans centers and other programs.
Last year was a year of new beginnings, challenges and expectations. It was also a rich year for spiritual pondering.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI on Friday called for respect of all people without discrimination and the protection of children from war and violence as he celebrated the start of the new year.
LAKE FOREST, Calif.— Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his Orange County megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 deficit by the first of the year.
These Chicago area Catholic elementary and high schools posted the biggest enrollment numbers this year, according to figures from the Archdiocese of Chicago's Office of Catholic Schools, which operates schools in Cook and Lake counties:
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI waded into a crowd of well-wishers in Rome on Sunday, just days after he was knocked down by a woman at a Christmas Eve mass.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI appeared in good shape on Saturday as he addressed the faithful two days after a woman knocked him down at the start of Christmas Eve Mass.Benedict spoke about the plight of persecuted Christians around the world and did not mention the incident in his message to a crowd gathered in a rainy St. Peter's Square.
DUBLIN -- Two Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland resigned on Christmas Day in the wake of a damning investigation into decades of church cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese.
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican will review security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, this time managing to knock him down before being pulled away by guards, the Vatican spokesman said Friday.
A Vatican spokesman says a woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass.
As he tangles with Democratic Party leaders over the direction of health-care reform, particularly relating to abortion, Cardinal Francis George can sound an awful lot like a Republican.
When charges of corruption and financial malfeasance began to plague the Orthodox Church in America, Archbishop Job, head of the Chicago and Midwest Diocese, asked the question that changed everything. "He stood up and asked four simple words, 'Are these allegations true?'" said the Rev. John Adamcio of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church. "And it turned the church upside down and inside out."
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI moved two of his predecessors closer to possible sainthood Saturday, signing decrees on the virtues of the beloved Pope John Paul II and controversial Pope Pius XII, who was criticized for not doing enough to stop the Holocaust.
A push to spread the gospel about the 2010 census this Christmas is stoking controversy with a campaign that links the government count to events surrounding the birth of Jesus.
Archbishop Job, the head of the Orthodox Church of America in Chicago, died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a press release issued by the church. He was 63.
DENVER -- The auditorium lights turned low, the service begins with the familiar rhythms of church: children singing, hugs and handshakes of greeting, a plea for donations to fix the boiler.
The following is an actual exchange. Unedited -- except to remove the profanity.
ATICAN CITY -- The Vatican says it has stripped charismatic African Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of his priestly duties because he defiantly continues to ordain bishops despite already being excommunicated.
