As in other countries, the Catholic Church in Belgium remains deeply impacted by the revelations of sexual abuse within its ranks. How can it better listen to victims and regain credibility in ...

The Catholic Church is now more global and bigger than it used to be: it’s a larger family with more needs. The reforms of the Roman Curia in the last 60 years (especially by St. Paul VI in 1967 ...

Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are?

Dressed in a white robe with a rainbow stole, the 68-year-old Frenchwoman acknowledged her ordination was unauthorized by the ...

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., is creating an advisory group—the LGBTQ+ Pastoral Affairs Commission--to allow a ...

Perhaps long overdue, there has been a recent burgeoning of books and programs for parents suffering the loss of unborn or ...

Separation of church and state concerns aside, much less expensive Bibles are readily available. Paperback versions of the New King James Version are available online for $2.99 each, less than 5% of ...

A member of the New York Police Department patrols in front of a synagogue in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn. Photo: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images ...

Together, O’Grady and Ryan adhered to the precepts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church which held that government institutions and programs must be designed “always with a view to the ...

26, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) FILE - A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, June 28, 2024, in Rome. (AP ...

As the Catechism of the Catholic ... The Holy Father goes on to use rather strong words to underscore the importance of not substituting our words for those of the Church’s liturgy (Ibid., ...