roman catholicism

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO - Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — Two children scribbled petitions to St. Gabriele dell’Addolorata in the vast sanctuary where the young saint is…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Across the main entrance of a former Jesuit college in the heart of Mexico City, a bright-colored mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It is the one of the world’s most visited and beloved religious venues – the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with a circular,…

By PETER SMITH and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Military Services, who oversees Catholic ministries to the U.S. armed forces, was elected Tuesday as…

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The head of a lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Tuesday the problem in the past had…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — It is, according to UNESCO, the oldest public library in the Americas, tucked away from the street front at a cultural center in the…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rule No. 1 for next week’s animal blessing at a Catholic university in New Orleans: “Please leave venomous animals at home.”Rule No. 2: Be prepared to clean up after your pet. “We will provide a pet…

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Under a white tent on the street outside Our Lady of the Angels on a recent Sunday, the Rev. Adrián Vázquez led parishioners seated in…

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press ROME (AP) — Abel Ferrara, whose gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and 1990s delved into the soulless evils of drug addiction, corruption and sexual…

By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by a handful of Creighton University students who sought to be exempt from the private…