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On This Day, Aug. 22: IRA founder Michael Collins assassinated
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOn Aug. 22, 1922, Michael Collins, a founder of the Irish Republican Army and a key figure in...
Why Pope Francis and others want to ban surrogacy
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPope Francis, flanked by by Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican...
Pope Francis says he would not live at the Vatican or in Argentina if he retires
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPope Emeritus Benedict XVI, left, greets Pope Francis prior to the beatification ceremony for Pope...
On This Day, Oct. 4: Plane crashes into Amsterdam apartment building
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn October 4, 1992, at least 43 people were killed when an El Al 747 cargo plane crashed into an...
On Second Vatican Council anniversary, Pope urges Catholic unity
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPope Francis on Tuesday called for church unity during one of the most polarised periods in modern...
On This Day, Nov. 27: Plane crash near Madrid airport kills 181
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn November 27, 1983, a crippled Avianca jumbo jet, similar to the one pictured, crashed in flames...
'Crushed' by 2 papacies, John Paul I's death eclipsed life
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe moment that the black wall telephone rang early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1978, in Stefania...
The Catholic view on indulgences and how they work today
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1517, the German theologian Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to Wittenberg’s Castle Church door,...
50 Years Ago - Father Peyton arranges to have Papal Christmas Mass broadcast in U.S.
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 4—Dec. 4, 1972 Papal Christmas Mass to be televisedThe Rev. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., director of Family Theater and founder of the Family Rosary Crusade, made arrangements to broadcast Pope ...
On This Day, Sept. 14: Grace Kelly dies in car crash
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOn Sept. 14, 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco -- American film actress Grace Kelly -- was killed when her car plunged off a mountain road by the Cote...