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The Shroud of Turin is displayed at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, in 2015. St. Isidore’s parish in Ottawa will host the Man of the Shroud exhibit, with a replica of the Shroud, during Passion week.

Upcoming Shroud of Turin exhibit in Ottawa is a labour of love

OTTAWA – When Janice O’Dacre’s parish priest asked last October if she and her husband Allan would chair a team organizing the Man of the Shroud exhibit at their parish April 4-11, she hesitated.

A portrait of Blessed Oscar Romero is displayed March 23 in Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

No date yet for Blessed Romero canonization, archbishop says

ROME – While documentation regarding an alleged miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero is being studied at the Vatican, there is no date scheduled for his canonization, the archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, said.

U.S. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks during a seminar on safeguarding children at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome March 23.

Cardinal O'Malley: There’s no excuse for not implementing sex abuse safeguards

ROME – There is absolutely no excuse for not implementing concrete measures to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sexual abuse, said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.

Pope Francis has approved the second and last miracle needed to canonize Blessed Jacinta, right, and Francisco Marto, centre, who along with their cousin Lúcia Santos witnessed the famed Marian apparitions in Fatima in 1917.

Pope approves second miracle for Fatima witnesses Francisco, Jacinta Marto

VATICAN CITY – On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions.

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 15.

Church more than a flash-mob experience, says Pope in WYD 2017 message

VATICAN CITY – Young men and women can live a true experience of the church by joining together and reconnecting with the past, Pope Francis told Catholic young people.

A pilgrim lights a candle Dec. 17 in the grotto of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank.

Good Friday Collection to benefit Holy Land Christians

VATICAN CITY – As Christians in the Middle East continue to suffer innumerable hardships this Lenten season, the Vatican has announced that this year’s Good Friday Collection will benefit Christian communities in the Holy Land.

Recent exchanges in the media between the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and a former member of a papal advisory commission have highlighted a lack of clarity and transparency when it comes to finding better ways to make bishops and religious superiors more accountable for how they handle allegations of sexual abuse.

Vatican maze: Retracing the path of sex abuse accountability proposals

VATICAN CITY – Recent exchanges in the media between the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and a former member of a papal advisory commission have highlighted a lack of clarity and transparency when it comes to finding better ways to make bishops and religious superiors more accountable for how they handle allegations of sexual abuse.

Pope Francis' recent comments regarding married priest are not new concepts.

Priests and marriage: Pope's response not so new after all

VATICAN CITY – While Pope Francis' recent comments on the subject of married priests made headlines around the world, his response falls clearly in line with the thinking of his predecessors.

Pope Francis uses incense during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 17.

Pope presides over Lenten penance service at Vatican

VATICAN CITY – A few hours after urging priests to be generously available for the sacrament of penance, Pope Francis went to confession, then offered the sacrament to seven Catholics.

Pope Francis greets a new priest during a 2015 ordination Mass at the Vatican.

Pope Francis gives life to married priests debate

Pope Francis’ apparent openness to a discussion about ordaining married men to serve as priests in remote communities has heartened and encouraged at least one Canadian bishop.

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the Holy See's permanent observer to the U.N. in Geneva, told the the Human Rights Council that health care access is a human right.

Health care access is a human right, Vatican tells UN

GENEVA, Switzerland – Health care access is a human right, not just a matter of philanthropy, the Holy See told the United Nations last Friday.

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