The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Recent deadly bombings in Iraq and the Holy Land have drawn sharp condemnation from Pope John Paul II and other Church officials, who urged fresh steps to end violence against civilians and humanitarian workers...

PASAY, Philippines (CNS): Organisers of a gathering of Asian religious leaders said they envision a region free of religious extremism...

WASHINGTON (CNS): The US branch of the Sisters of Mercy has issued an apology for how some members of their order in Ireland treated young women and girls entrusted to them in what were called "Magdalene laundries"...

WASHINGTON (CNS): An ecumenical spokesman for the US Catholic bishops said on August 11 that the US Episcopal Church's recent decisions to confirm an openly gay bishop and recognise that some Episcopal communities bless same-sex unions present "new ecumenical challenges" to Catholic-Anglican relations...

JAKARTA (CNS): Christian and Muslim leaders in Indonesia have condemned the bomb attack that killed at least 13 people and injured about 150 others outside a Jakarta hotel on August 5...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): The Vatican is interested in any development that can help alleviate poverty and starvation, but it is not ready to give an unqualified yes to genetically modified food, said the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace...

A former Interdominian Cup has a different but still prized role in a Catholic church in the southern NSW town of Junee. MICHAEL McCORMACK reports:.

MEXICO CITY (CNS): A year after Pope John Paul II canonised America's first indigenous saint, researchers have released a new study reconfirming the existence of Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): The Vatican has called on lawmakers to offer "clear and emphatic opposition" to worldwide initiatives to grant legal recognition to same-sex unions, saying such measures are contrary to human nature and ultimately harmful to society...