By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- No one is excluded from the love of God or from being welcomed into the Catholic Church, but God's love and the church's welcome also come with a call to...

IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) -- In the current toxic environment where political rivals describe each other as "evil" and "enemies," it is...

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The firestorm surrounding the clergy sex abuse crisis and the way some bishops handled allegations of abuse against priests will be...