Birth of royal prince
MANCHESTER, EnglandBy Simon Caldwell The birth of the royal prince is a "source of joy" for people around the world, said the president of the English and Welsh bishops' conference.
International
Canonizations 'gladdened hearts' of faithful
WASHINGTONBy Catholic News Service The two popes whose canonizations received final clearance July 5 "each had a profound impact on the church and the world," as New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan put it.
Popes put personal stamp on WYD celebrations
VATICAN CITYBy Cindy Wooden Blessed John Paul II rallied young Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI instructed them and Pope Francis is preparing to send them out on mission.
United Nations asks Vatican to account for all sex abuse allegations
GENEVABy Catholic News Service A United Nations committee concerned with children's rights is requesting that the Vatican provide complete details about every accusation it has ever received of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
Pope Francis' first encyclical to be published July 5
VATICAN CITYBy Francis X. RoccaPope Francis' first encyclical, which he has said is largely the work of retired Pope Benedict XVI, will be published July 5.
Teaching doesn't change, but church laws do
VATICAN CITYBy Cindy Wooden Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law.