Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree. A new decree calls for a consultative process in the selection of ...

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive ...

VATICAN CITY - The Roman Catholic Church's highest-ranking diplomat offered congratulations to U.S. President-elect Donald ...

Italy, a country with a fair share of rich history, culture, and breathtaking beauty, is a destination most people will like ...

I wished to greet the Virgen de los Desamparados,” the pope told the crowds of pilgrims at the Vatican after placing a white ...

Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American "Catholics and non-Catholics" and prominent ...

By offering the best practices to implement, the Synod just made decisions that correspond as closely as possible to God’s ...

THE Lateran Pacts are the agreements stipulated between the Holy See and it Italian state theFebruary 11, 1929 to put ...

A spate of recent films recycle tired tropes about the sisters—and reveal society’s ongoing discomfort with independent women.

Pope Francis asked the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to draft a report to promote ‘transparency and accountability.’ ...

Highlighting progress made in safeguarding and recommendations for rectifying ongoing gaps, the Pontifical Commission for the ...

The report is intended to assess efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to safeguard minors and others. Advocates for survivors ...