The decentralization of certain aspects of the Catholic Church's governance, as proposed in the Synod of Bishops on ...

After years of protecting Oak Flat from development, the government several years ago moved to transfer the land to the ...

The Chinese government’s persecution of the Chinese Catholic Church is targeted against the hierarchs who resist Chinese ...

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In a recent pastoral letter, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster voiced his opposition to the legalization of assisted ...

Despite escalating tensions, Church leaders stressed the importance of promoting peace and maintaining hope in troubled times ...

The Vatican agency, Fides, has published a brief overview on the global number of Catholics, permanent deacons, seminarians, ...

Before the standing-room-only congregation gathered in Trenton's St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral for the first statewide Mass for Life, Bishop David M. O'Connell frame ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington said he hopes U.S. voters who are as concerned as he is about the ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying "dangerous" and suggested it would lead to a “slippery ...

At the Catholic Union’s AGM, Baroness Hollins, President of the Catholic Union, reiterated her call for people to write to ...

Cardinal Charles Bo of the Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, said diocesan synods are an effective means to “build a vision and ...