Fifty years ago this month, Pope Paul XI reminded Catholics that the church considered artificial birth control sinful. His edict was mostly ignored. Actually, one effect was that it changed the way ...

What are the responsibilities of the Catholic Church when considering the historical realities of settler colonialism in what we now call the Americas? This question lies at the heart of recent ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the ...

New York’s next archbishop is being heralded a “unifier” who will stick firmly to papal doctrine — just don’t expect to see him on talk shows any time soon. Pope Leo XIV appointed Ronald Hicks Jr., ...

During the period that Saint John Paul II was pope from the late 1970s through 2005, he apologized and asked forgiveness for the history of Christian slave-holding and for the injustices inflicted by ...

In a previous article, I wrote about the need for the Catholic Church to foster in the faithful a proper sense of ecclesial tradition. In that first essay, I argued against a false dialectic between a ...

Controversy in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durban over the two priests who practise traditional healing has reignited ...

The Catholic bishop of Arkansas said in a post on social media this week that he has "deep concerns" that the attack by the U ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vatican Pool/Getty Images Catholic doctrine on gay and transgender people won’t change anytime soon, Pope Leo XIV reportedly told ...

New York’s next archbishop is being heralded a “unifier” who will stick firmly to papal doctrine — just don’t expect to see him on talk shows any time soon. Pope Leo XIV appointed Ronald Hicks Jr., ...