Nation Jul 10 After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1.4 billion in coronavirus aid By Reese Dunklin, Michael Rezendes, Associated Press
World Feb 12 Pope does not approve ordination of married men in the Amazon In an eagerly-awaited document, Francis didn’t even refer to recommendations by Amazonian bishops to consider the ordination of married men and women deacons. Rather, he urged bishops to pray for more priestly vocations and send missionaries to the region. By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
World Jan 14 Watch 6:05 Why it’s problematic to have 2 popes weighing in on key issues for Catholic Church Rome is being roiled by a series of unusual developments in which a former pope appeared to be weighing in on a sensitive issue facing his successor, Pope Francis. The debate is over the law of clerical celibacy, which divides…
Nation Sep 13 Fugitive priest sentenced to 30 years in New Mexico sexual abuse case A former Roman Catholic priest who fled the country decades ago was sentenced Friday in New Mexico to 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing an altar boy at a veterans' cemetery and military… By Morgan Lee, Mary Hudetz, Associated Press
World Jun 17 Catholic Church considers allowing priests in the Amazon to marry The Vatican suggested officials study the ordination of men "even if they have stable families, for the region's most remote areas."… By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
Nov 27 Watch 5:22 Gregorian chants are a hit at this Nebraska seminary By PBS News Hour Spending 13 weeks at the top of the classical music charts, a group of priests are reinvigorating an early musical genre. Special correspondent Dennis Kellogg of NET reports from eastern Nebraska. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine for Father Rick The Rev. Rick Frechette went to Haiti 25 years ago on a religious mission to shelter families "broken by tragedy." In his mid-40s, he decided to become a doctor and built a modern pediatric medicine facility. Fred de Sam Lazaro… Continue watching