• Pope acknowledges first communications with China

  

  Mar 7, 2014 0:44

  (UCA News) Pope Francis has said he has written to Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first acknowledgment of communication...

   

• Uganda’s bishops reviewing country’s anti-gay law, says church official

  

  Mar 6, 2014 11:03

  (CNS) — Uganda’s Catholic bishops have begun reviewing a text of the country’s new anti-gay law in order...

   

• Pope asks prayers for Ukraine; archbishop says country in danger

  

  Mar 5, 2014 3:17

  (CNS) As uncertainty reigned in Ukraine and Russian troops appeared to have control of the Crimean peninsula, Pope Francis...

   

• Vatican official against Uganda’s anti-gay law

  

  Mar 5, 2014 3:13

  (AP) A Vatican cardinal has criticized Uganda’s anti-gay law and called for the repeal of its severe penalties. Cardinal...

   

• Gay clergy win right to live with partners

  

  Mar 5, 2014 3:11

  (The Local) Protestant churches in northern Germany have voted to allow gay pastors to live in church residences with their...

   

• Pope Francis calls for dialogue and cooperation to end Ukraine crisis

  

  Mar 3, 2014 1:38

  (Reuters) Pope Francis today made a “heartfelt” appeal to resolve the Ukraine crisis through dialogue and co-operation. Addressing...

   

• CAFOD condemns Uganda’s anti-homsexuality law

  

  Feb 27, 2014 1:58

  (ICN) The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has condemned a new law approved on Monday in Uganda,  which...

   

• Ugandan bishops reserve judgment on new anti-gay law

  

  Feb 27, 2014 1:51

  (NCR) Uganda’s Catholic bishops reaffirmed their opposition to homosexuality, but reserved judgment on a recently ratified...

   

• African voices in Catholic divorce debate boost conservative side

  

  Feb 27, 2014 1:43

  (Boston Globe) In the mounting Catholic debate over whether a ban on divorced and remarried believers receiving communion...

   

• Catholic group sues spy agency official over evidence forgery

  

  Feb 27, 2014 0:52

  (GlobalPost) A local Catholic rights group lodged a complaint against an official of the state intelligence agency and the...