It is so obvious that every chance the media gets (both written and broadcast), it jumps on the Catholic Church and any scandal, reporting loudly "while similar scandals in other groups are not ...

NEW YORK — Linda Mele Dougherty said she is old enough to remember when many Catholics identified where they lived by their parish affiliation. In her family’s case, the parish was Our Lady of Mercy ...

The differing age profiles of Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic communities are key to understanding the region’s shifting demography, the head of the census has said. Dr David Marshall, ...

COMMENTARY: The last papal trip to Canada was by Pope St. John Paul II in 2002. Pope Francis arrives for his general audience May 11 in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The Holy Father will visit ...

It will be interesting to see the outcome of the big meeting playing out in the Vatican, especially on the point about whether the Catholic Church will allow women priests. Pope Francis approved ...

President Donald Trump, elected in part due to his hardline immigration stance and “America First” foreign policy, has moved rapidly to reshape federal policy. Just weeks into his new administration, ...

Communion was a big topic in the Catholic Church this year, after the U.S. bishops initiated a discussion about the sacrament at their June meeting and then overwhelmingly approved a statement on it ...

Sixty years ago, the Catholic Church issued a revolutionary document called Nostra Aetate - Latin for "In Our Time." Adopted during the Second Vatican Council, it marked a dramatic shift in how the ...

In an effort to understand Catholic Church teaching on abortion, the media are consulting with – wait for it – non-Catholic abortion supporters. “‘Religious leaders should be asking for your ...

A Christian-Jewish action group to promote mutual understanding and better relations between Catholics and Jews has been formed in Spain, it was reported here today. The unprecedented new group ...