The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

VATICAN CITY (CNS): The Diocese of Rome has formally opened the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, asking Catholics around the world to present evidence "for or against" his reputation for holiness...

AUCKLAND (CNS): An animated series that the BBC cancelled after protests by Catholics because it lampooned the papacy was due to make its world premiere on New Zealand television on June 8...

Unlike most reality TV shows, a new British series called The Monastery has led participants to find new spiritual meaning in their lives. SIMON CALDWELL reports:.

LONDON (CNS): A British cardinal said rising secularism has the European Church entering "a time of crisis"...

BARI, Italy (ICN): Pope Benedict XVI said he wants to heal the rift with the Orthodox Church during his papacy...

Aid from Australia is helping to rebuild the lives of the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami in Sri Lanka :.

ROME (CNS): The Catholic Church believes the Eucharist is a sacrament that strengthens the unity of the Church because those who share Communion profess the same faith, said the Vatican's chief ecumenist...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): History's most brutal and oppressive events, including Nazi Germany's aggression, must be remembered so as to help guide future generations along the path toward peace and reconciliation, said Pope Benedict XVI...

A program called Catholics Returning Home is proving popular in helping non-practising Catholics to find their way back into a worshipping community, writes MIKE HUMPHRYS:.