Report Finds Catholic Population Growing in South Korea

The report, prepared by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea, states that there was an increase of 1.6% of Catholics in the past year.

Scottish Adoption Agency Celebrates Despite Closure Threat

St. Margaret’s Children and Family Care Society is in danger of closing due to its policy of placing children only with a married mother and father.

Opponents Claim Calif. Abuse Bill Targets Catholic Schools

The Legislation is supposed to protect victims, but the proposed law does not apply to public schools or other government agencies that may have been negligent towards abuse allegations.

French Priest Suspended After Freemasonry Revealed

Father Pascal Vesin was suspended for his active membership in a Masonic lodge of the Grand Orient of France.

Was James, not Peter, the head of the Church after Jesus?

Catholicism in America: In Progress or Regress?

BOOK PICK: Russell Shaw’s latest work chronicles the Church in the United States.

Holy Spirit’s ‘Surprises’ Pave the Way to Happiness, Pope Francis Says

God brings true fulfillment and true joy that we can’t find anywhere else, the Holy Father tells the throng gathered for Pentecost Mass.

Abuse Report Finds Six Credible Allegations Against Clergy in 2012

The latest report on child protection in the U.S. Catholic Church found a total of six credible allegations of abuse of minors by diocesan clergy in 2012, with a 20% decrease in the numbers of new credible abuse allegations about incidents in the past 60 years.

New Film Depicts Dramatic Revival of Omaha Parish

Where Heaven Meets Earth will make its premiere today on EWTN.

SSPX: We Didn’t Criticize Pope Francis; We Agree With Him

The spokesman for the society unites Bishop Bernard Fellay’s remarks from his latest letter to Holy Father’s.

How Will Pope Francis Address Persecution of Christians Around the World?

Authority Nina Shea discusses the issue and what awaits the Holy Father.

Pope Appoints Select Panel to Address Concerns Regarding the Curia

It didn’t take long for the Holy Father to respond to calls to address the need for Vatican reform.

Fla. Planned Parenthood Lobbyist Was on Catholic Charities Board

Alisa Lapolt Snow resigned from Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida before starting a consulting relationship with Planned Parenthood.

U.S. Calls for Investigation of Cuban Catholic Opposition Leader’s Death

New evidence in the death of Oswaldo Payá last summer in a fatal car crash has links to the Castro regime.

Pope Appoints Top Franciscan to Religious Life Department

Franciscan Father José Rodríguez Carballo appointed secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Ask Fr. Barron: What gives you hope for future of the Church?

Pope Francis and English as a Second (or Third) Language

Possessed of less linguistic fluency than John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the Holy Father is carrying out his papal public duties almost exclusively in Italian.

Easter at the Vatican, 2013

May the risen Christ guide you on the path of justice, love and peace, Pope Francis tells the faithful in his first message ‘urbi et orbi.’

Colorado Parish Dedicates ‘Beautiful’ New Church

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, built in a Gothic style, is the personal parish to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.

Pope Francis to Make Side Trip Home?

Holy Father mulls a visit to Argentina on his trip to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day in July.