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This artist’s concept depicts select planetary discoveries made by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.

Belief in aliens not so far out for some Catholics

VATICAN CITY -- More than two million people RSVP’d to a recent social media invitation to “storm” Area 51 in Nevada, in the hope of discovering whether alien life or spacecraft may be secretly stored at this U.S. Air Force base.

God's Word on Sunday: The well-being of people not negotiable

God's Word on Sunday: The well-being of people not negotiable

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 29 (Year C) Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31

It is said that a society or nation can be judged morally and spiritually by what it does to the weakest and most vulnerable. One could also add what it allows or tolerates being done to them. 

Pope Francis greets Dr. Ramon Tallaj, founder and chairman of the board of Somos Community Care, and Mario J. Paredes, chief executive officer, during a Sept. 20, 2019, symposium at the Vatican on the health care needs of immigrants.

Common good requires culture of care, Pope Francis tells doctors

VATICAN CITY -- With so many changes and huge technological advancements in the field of medicine, health care must always be at the service of the whole individual, including a supportive relationship between patient and medical professionals, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, president of the German bishops' conference, gestures Sept. 13, 2019, during the extended Joint Conference of Bishops and Laity to prepare the "synodal way." The bishops of Germany, reacting to an independent study of the extent of clerical sexual abuse in their country and its possible causes, chose to initiate a "synodal" process that was not a synod or a plenary council.

German bishops say 'synodal way' is response to abuse scandal

VATICAN CITY -- The bishops of Germany, reacting to an independent study of the extent of clerical sexual abuse in their country and its possible causes, chose to initiate a "synodal" process that was not a synod or a plenary council.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, attends Pope Francis' annual pre-Christmas meeting with top officials of the Roman Curia at the Vatican in this Dec. 21, 2015, file photo. The pope is planning a major reorganization of the Roman Curia.

Council of Cardinals reviews input on draft constitution for Curia

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals finished its first review and reflection on comments and proposals received for the draft of the proposed apostolic constitution reforming the Roman Curia.

Pope Francis greets Astrid Kaptijn, a professor of canon law and president of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, Sept. 19, 2019, during an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Canon law 'an essential dimension' to ecumenism

VATICAN CITY -- The search for Christian unity must involve all aspects of the churches' lives, including their different church laws, Pope Francis said.

A woman in Atalaia do Norte, in Brazil's Amazon region, is seen March 27, 2019. The Pan-Amazonian Church Network, with partners in Rome, will bring more than 50 indigenous leaders to the city "to guide and animate moments of spirituality, discussions and roundtables" and to talk about the challenges their people face and their vision of ecology and the future during the October Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.

Amazon Synod getting varied reception among Catholics

VATICAN CITY -- Before members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon began packing their bags for the synod assembly at the Vatican Oct. 6-27, a variety of groups were announcing side events.

The Palace of the Governorate, seat of the administrative offices of Vatican City State, is pictured at the Vatican in this file photo.

Vatican City court charges Italian priest with sexual abuse during seminary

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- The Vatican announced Tuesday that the Vatican City State’s Promoter of Justice is indicting two Italian priests -- Fr. Gabriele Martinelli on charges of sexual abuse and Fr. Enrico Radice for “aiding and abetting.”

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, president of the German bishops' conference.

German 'synod' will proceed despite Vatican objections

MUNICH, Germany (CNA) -- The head of the German bishops’ conference told Vatican officials last week that addressing controversial theological topics during the German bishops’ proposed “binding synodal path” will be a service to the universal Church.

Pope Francis greets band members during an audience with members of the Italian Prison Police in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. The pope told prison guards, chaplains and officials that life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole are not the solution but a problem to be solved.

Pope Francis: Life without parole is no solution to crime

VATICAN CITY -- Sentencing someone to life in prison without the possibility of parole is "not the solution to problems, but a problem to solve," Pope Francis told Italian prison guards, prison chaplains and officials from the Ministry of Justice.

St. Peter's Basilica is pictured at the Vatican.

Papal commission for protection of minors meets in Rome

VATICAN CITY -- Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors meeting in Rome said there was a continued need to make safeguarding consistently part of the life of the church around the world.

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