The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

In the wake of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, FRANCIS X. ROCCA analyses the situation and what it means for the Church

VATICAN CITY (CNS): A lack of faith in God can damage marriage, even to the point of affecting its validity, Pope Benedict XVI said.

As debate about same-sex marriage continues to simmer in Australia, Catholic News Service reports on recent rallies against same-sex marriage in Paris, Rome, London, Brussels, Madrid, Washington DC, Jerusalem, Moscow and Tokyo that attracted hundreds of thousands of people

Pope Benedict's annual message for the World Day of Peace on January 1 reaches to the heart of what makes a "true peacemaker". CINDY WOODEN reports from Rome for Catholic News Service

As the Church and aid agencies from around the world grapple with how they can respond to the plight of people facing starvation in East Africa, one woman tells what it was like for her and her family walking from Somalia to Kenya for survival. Journalist PAUL JEFFREY reports from Dadaab, Kenya, for Catholic News Service

POPE Benedict XVI has put his own stamp on the Church's celebration of World Youth Day, and it's especially clear in the gathering's moments of prayer.

May 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the contraceptive pill. NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN, writing from Washington for Catholic News Services, examines some of the promises made about it in the beginning measured against what has happened

To mark the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to land on the moon, Vatican Radio published a collection of Pope Paul VI's talks about the mission. CINDY WOODEN reports for Catholic News Service in Rome.

The idea raised by Pope Benedict XVI in his latest encyclical of world powers, in co-operation with poorer countries, monitoring the health of global economies for the good of all could be one that's taking hold. Catholic News Service Rome correspondent CINDY WOODEN reports.