religious life

Italian priest, on COVID-19

Italian priest, on COVID-19: “After the crisis, there’ll be a rush to restart the economy. Will we forget the values we’ve learned?”

Amid coronavirus plague, 14 Italian missionaries die in a month

Coronavirus: 14 Italian missionaries from single community die within a month, first bishop also passes away

Francis offers Santa Marta Mass for nuns 'giving their lives' for coronavirus sick

Francis offers Santa Marta Mass for nuns “giving their lives” for coronavirus sick

Pope gifts fresh milk, yoghurt to nuns in coronavirus lockdown as Orthodox head expresses solidarity with Vatican, Italy

Pope gifts fresh milk, yoghurt to nuns in coronavirus lockdown as Orthodox head expresses solidarity with Vatican, Italy

For World Day of Vocations, Pope Francis encourages Church - 'Take heart, do not be afraid!'

“I know your worry about the future”: For World Day of Vocations, Pope encourages Church to overcome “ghosts of disbelief”

Catholic coronavirus irresponsibility continues to put lives at risk in Italy, beyond

Catholic coronavirus irresponsibility continues to put lives at risk in Italy, beyond

On coronavirus frontlines, brave Italian nuns rediscover meaning of vow to give lives for sick

On coronavirus frontlines, brave Italian nuns rediscover meaning of vow to give lives for sick

Coronavirus in Italy

Coronavirus in Italy: Bishops give 10 million euros to Caritas to help salve savage human, emotional toll

Human trafficking

Nuns in Italy, world step up to front lines in fight for migrant women, against human trafficking

Abbot laments - 'Today there are too many monasteries in Switzerland. Several will have to close'

Abbot laments: “Today there are too many monasteries in Switzerland. Several will have to close”

Pioneering woman nun theologian Sister Mary Melone

Pioneering nun theologian: “I’ve always wanted to be valued for my academic ability, not for being a woman”

'From lay women can come profound change'

Viewpoint: “From lay women can come profound change to end fossilised clerical power”

Catholic sexual morality

Divorce, gays, the sexuality of religious… pushes to revise Catholic sexual morality gather steam in Germany

Experts warn stress, abuse, 'unattainable ideal' of spirituality causing drop in number of nuns

Experts warn stress, abuse, “unattainable ideal” of spirituality causing drop in number of nuns, decline in new vocations

Pope Francis with young Legionaries of Christ

Francis urges Legionaries of Christ to “true conversion” beyond “criminal behaviour”, “double life” of pedophile founder Maciel

'True vocations crisis' in Poland but country still home to one-in-four new priests in Europe

“True vocations crisis” in Poland but country still home to one-in-four new priests in Europe

Francis pleads for common 'commitment' to overcome 'scourge' of trafficking, meets 'Super Nuns' fighting slavery plague

Francis pleads for common “commitment” to overcome “scourge” of trafficking, meets “Super Nuns” fighting slavery plague

Pope Francis February 2 in the Angelus prayer

Pope issues plea to protect human life from technology and economy, “open doors to new forms of solidary fraternity”

Pope Francis meets February 1 representatives of Villa Maria Care & Research Group

Pope reminds hospital workers, administrators “the sick person is not a number”

Abuse in the Church (stock)

Abuse in the Church: French cardinal acquitted of cover-up, 9 “cult” members investigated in Italy

A nun prostrate on the ground (stock)

Burnout, stress, exploitation, prostitution… Vatican magazine lifts lid on abuse of nuns

Pope Benedict with then-cardinal Bergoglio

Jorge Mario Bergoglio saved Jesuits from 2007 Vatican intervention: book

Belgian missionary murdered in South Africa, Jef Hollanders

Belgian missionary murdered in South Africa remembered as “full of enthusiasm, life and dedication”

Austrian cardinal and Vienna archbishop Christoph Schönborn

Austrian cardinal says Last Judgment about having fed hungry and clothed naked, not sexual orientation

A Mass in Warsaw, Poland

Polish Bishops say Mass attendance stable at just over one-in-three Catholics

A Catholic mission in Venezuela

Vatican agency denounces “globalisation of violence” against missionaries: 29 killed worldwide in 2019

A woman kisses the ring of Pope Francis

Vatican paper implores Pope “to break wall of inequality between women and men in Church”

'I love you' in Spanish sign language

Deaf Christians often struggle to hear God’s word, but some find meaning in the richness of who they are

European Meeting of Young People in Poland, organised by Taizé

Pope exhorts youth gathered in Poland to tackle “perils that weigh on our Common Home”

Italian priest kidnapped in Niger Pierluigi Maccalli

Italian Church holds candle for priest missionary kidnapped in Niger… fifteen months on