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3 Franciscan ex-leaders charged in Pennsylvania abuse case

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Three ex-leaders of a Franciscan religious order were charged Tuesday with allowing a friar who was a known sexual predator...

Backlash over Common Core extends to US Catholic schools

The backlash against standardized testing is rippling through some Roman Catholic schools as they balance the college-driven Common Core learning standards with spiritual goals. The...

Obama remembers Joe Biden's son for living 'life of meaning'

 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Mourning a loss that touched people on Delaware street corners and far beyond, President Barack Obama on Saturday remembered Beau...

Castro's daughter sponsors blessing of Cuban gay couples

HAVANA (AP) _ The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro sponsored a blessing ceremony Saturday for gay couples on an island where gay marriage...

Abducted Nigerian girl scared to go back to school

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — One of the teenagers who escaped from Islamic extremists who abducted more than 300 schoolgirls says the kidnapping was "too...

Pope poses for 'selfies' after Palm Sunday homily

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, marking Palm Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square, ignored his prepared homily and spoke entirely off-the-cuff in...

Atlanta archbishop apologizes over $2.2M mansion

ATLANTA (AP) — Archbishop Wilton Gregory seems to have gotten the pope's message about modest living. Days after Pope Francis permanently removed a German bishop...

Obama, Francis find common ground among divisions

VATICAN CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama and the Vatican gave distinctly different accounts of the president's audience with Pope Francis on Thursday, with...

Obama's health care promise is 2013 top quote

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — President Barack Obama's acknowledgement that his promise that Americans could keep their health insurance plan turned out to be...

Exorcism of 1949 continues to fascinate St. Louis

In this photo provided by St. Louis University, the Rev. John Padberg, S.J., director of the Institute of Jesuit Sources, speaks during a...

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