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Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, neuroscientist and director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center says creating babies from skin cells will turn procreation into a transaction.

Creating babies from skin cells turns procreation into transaction: scientist

WASHINGTON – Within the next 10-20 years, a new and controversial fertility technology called in vitro gametogenesis could make it possible to manipulate skin cells into creating a human baby.

The sun sets behind a statue of Mary on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this 2011 file photo.

Prudence, pastoral concern guides Medjugorje commission, member says

VATICAN CITY – If the Catholic Church recognizes as "worthy of belief" only the initial alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, it would be the first time the church distinguished between phases of a single event, but it also would acknowledge that human beings and a host of complicating factors are involved, said a theological expert in Mariology.

A journalist looks at a replica of the 1st-century Arch of Titus, showing Roman soldiers carrying the menorah, in a exhibition at the Vatican May 15. The replica is the central motif in a two-part exhibition on the menorah at the Vatican and at the Jewish Museum in Rome.

Vatican, Jewish museums explore menorah in art and dark legend

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Museums and the Jewish Museum of Rome are exploring together the significance of the menorah, although they also give a nod to the centuries-old legend that the Vatican is hiding the golden menorah from the Temple of Jerusalem.

Pope Francis greets residents as he gives an Easter blessing to a home in a public housing complex in Ostia, a Rome suburb on the Mediterranean Sea, May 19. Continuing his Mercy Friday visits, the Pope blessed a dozen homes in Ostia.

Pope goes door-to-door, blessing the homes of the poor

VATICAN CITY – Like parish priests throughout Italy do during the Easter season, Pope Francis spent an afternoon May 19 going door-to-door and blessing homes.

American author Michael H. Brown will lead a day-long Marian retreat in Toronto May 20.

Retreat explores Mary’s North American roots

Dig into the deep historic roots of Canada and you will find the Blessed Virgin Mary, both in name and spirit.

Pope Francis embraces a patient with Huntington's disease during the pontiff's general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 17.

Illness a reminder of life's value, Pope tells Huntington's patients

VATICAN CITY – The frailty associated with illnesses like Huntington's disease is not a reason to shun the sick but a reminder of the value of life, Pope Francis said.

In its latest report, the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority says it has beefed up its investigation with increased outreach to foreign authorities.

Vatican finance watchdog intensifies outreach to foreign authorities

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican's financial watchdog agency has beefed up its investigations with increased outreach to foreign authorities in a continued effort to prevent suspected money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Residents of Dos de Mayo, Peru, wash their clothes in a nearby lake in 2014. Peruvian Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon says Pope Francis wants to dedicate a meeting of the Synod of Bishops to the concerns of the indigenous people in the Amazon region.

Pope wants synod dedicated to people in Amazon, archbishop says

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is considering dedicating a meeting of the Synod of Bishops to the concerns of the indigenous people of the Amazon region, a Peruvian archbishop said.

A logo depicting symbols for Mary, Panama and the Panama Canal was selected as the winning design to promote World Youth Day 2019. The design by Amber Calvo, 20, a Panamanian student studying architecture, was chosen from 103 entries submitted for the event that will take place Jan. 22-27, 2019.

World Youth Day 2019 logo shows symbols for Mary, Panama

PANAMA CITY – A logo depicting symbols for Mary, Panama and the Panama Canal was selected as the winning design to promote World Youth Day 2019.

Banners showing Sts. Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, hang from the facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima as Pope Francis visits the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 12.

Pope Francis: Fatima reminds us to care for the faith of children

VATICAN CITY – On Sunday Pope Francis reflected on the May 13 canonization of the child visionaries St. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, saying that their faithfulness, despite their young age, reminds us to pay special attention to children in the ministry of the Church.

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh says the challenge for the Church, when engaging secular culture, is to present the "edifying and inspiring witness of people of faith."

Irish archbishop talks about how to engage secular culture

NORWICH, England – Neither the narrow narrative against religion nor the real failings of the Church should define the role of Catholics in public life, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh has said.

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