Our first Jesuit pope, Francis, resumed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by challenging the church to go outside our ...

He said the church “understood well . . . and also assumed the risks” of such involvement. The confession, if truthful confirms long-held suspicions that Argentina’s Catholic hierarchy ...

Cervini also reminded the crowd that the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy — right up to Pope Francis — has condemned Trump’s immigration crackdown. Francis called it a "disgrace." ...

The Catholic Church in the western Indian state of Gujarat has expressed “frustration” over the state High Court confirming the government’s power in appointing staff in Catholic high schools.

Pope Francis is taking the highly unusual decision to dissolve an influential Catholic group from Peru which has been plagued ...

Jay Boren, headmaster of St. Benedict Classical Academy since 2015, sees cultivating wisdom and virtue in the pursuit of ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Their influence in policymaking plus the firm opposition of the Catholic Church hierarchy explains why the Philippines is the only country in the world without a divorce law. Filipino politicians ...

When Pope Francis permitted priests to bless same-sex couples in 2023, Burch argued the Pope created “massive confusion” that would “destroy” the Catholic Church’s teaching on human ...

Led the archdiocese through arguably the most contentious of the U.S. Catholic Church bankruptcy ... and snubbed his nose at church hierarchy; to others, a brilliant liturgist and reformer who ...

The official Church hierarchy and the rebels reached an agreement ... of public disputes in the Syro-Malabar Church is against the Catholic values,” the council said.

The Vatican's top diplomat met with papal representatives to various Middle Eastern countries to discuss possible avenues toward peace in the region and the state of the Catholic Church there.