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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — 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. Vatican Legal: Project Underway to Update Sections of Canon Law Friday, May 17, 2013

WASHINGTON (CNS) — As Oregon scientists announced May 15 that they had successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities warned that the technique is morally troubling on many levels. Embryonic Stem-Cell Advance Decried as Morally Troubling Thursday, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Human trafficking is so widespread that congregations of women religious are uniting in a nationwide effort to limit its reach. Women Religious Unite in Effort to End Human Trafficking Wednesday, May 15, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke and U.S. pro-life leaders joined tens of thousands of demonstrators in Italy's third annual March for Life May 12, which ended with a personal greeting from Pope Francis. Tens of Thousands March for Life in Rome Tuesday, May 14, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis warned against "gentrification of the heart" as a consequence of comfortable living, and called on the faithful to "touch the flesh of Christ" by caring for the needy. Pope Canonizes More Than 800 Saints Monday, May 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of Mary's titles is "Christ's First Disciple," and some of Christ's earliest followers were women, two of whom he appeared to first after his resurrection. Catholic Moms Share Their Faith as 'Digital Disciples' Sunday, May 12, 2013

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — An 83-year-old woman religious and two other peace activists were found guilty May 8 in a federal court in Knoxville of "intending to harm national security" by breaking into the nuclear weapon-producing facility and defacing its walls last summer. Nun Found Guilty of 'Intending to Harm' U.S. Security Saturday, May 11, 2013

OXFORD, England (CNS) — A German church spokesman denied the country's Catholic bishops are divided after the bishops' conference president, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, provoked controversy by advocating a form of diaconate for women. German Bishops Not Divided by Remarks over Women Deacons Friday, May 10, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told 800 superiors of women's orders from around the world that the Catholic Church needs religious women and that religious women need to be in harmony with the faith and teachings of the church. Pope Tells Sisters Church Needs Them, They Need the Church Thursday, May 09, 2013

CHAMPION, Wis. (CNS) — At the end of the inaugural Walk to Mary pilgrimage May 4, the approximately 500 participants were sore and tired, yet invigorated. Inaugural Walk to Mary Leaves Pilgrims Tired but Invigorated Wednesday, May 08, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis celebrated popular piety as a means of transmitting the faith and cultivating it in ordinary Catholics but said such piety must be practiced in communion with the hierarchy in order to maintain the church's unity. Pope Celebrates Diversity of Popular Piety, Unity of Church Tuesday, May 07, 2013

ROME (CNS) — The Vatican-ordered revision of the statutes of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will continue, but it must be accompanied with a real dialogue, which has been missing from the process, said Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and ... Cardinal: Dialogue Was Missing from Vatican's Look at LCWR Monday, May 06, 2013

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court April 29 let stand a lower-court ruling that tossed out restrictive provisions of an Alabama immigration law. Later in the week, three jurisdictions acted to make it easier for people without legal immigration status to get driver's licenses. License Laws Left in Place Please Immigrant Advocates Sunday, May 05, 2013

NEW YORK (CNS) — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan challenged Massgoers to hold onto hope and to pray for the safety and well-being of two Orthodox archbishops kidnapped in Syria in late April while carrying out a humanitarian mission. Cardinal Dolan Prays for Kidnapped Orthodox Clergy Saturday, May 04, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting at the Vatican May 3, Pope Francis and Lebanese President Michel Sleiman called on the international community to offer concrete aid to Lebanon and other countries hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria. Pope, Lebanese President Appeal for Aid for Syrian Refugees Friday, May 03, 2013

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