The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

In a quiet corner of this Oxfordshire town, the small Catholic Church of St. Teresa of Lisieux ... in the wake of its 1992 decision to ordain women priests and other liberal changes, and have ...

ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

In the first week of February, the Vatican department that oversees Catholic Church doctrine accepted ... Catholics support the ordination of women as priests. A later survey reported the same ...

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

“Priests are called to serve the people ... On Sept. 20, the Catholic Church remembers the many men, women, and children who died for their faith in Korea.

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...

Fr Karakach tells AsiaNews that despite the difficulties, there are also signs of hope. The Church promotes discussions on ‘justice, solidarity and peace’. The authorities announce the for ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... was Samuel, the judge and priest" (Sir 46:13). The prophet Isaiah proclaimed, "Hear me, O coastlands, listen, o distant ...

When I worked for U.S.A.I.D., I was not a churchgoer, but the moral vision was clear: We Americans, in our affluence, must ...