Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

For millions of Catholics around the world, going to the Vatican is a spiritual experience unlike any other. However, for ...

The Roman Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex marriages, no matter how stable or positive the couples' relationships are, the Vatican said on Monday. The message, approved by Pope Francis, came ...

Mrs. H. P. Swan, president of the Catholic Women’s League, addressing a convention in 1953 ...

VATICAN CITY — Delegates from around the globe are converging on Vatican City for the opening of an unprecedented assembly seen as part of the broadest consultation on the direction of the faith ...

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for unity within the Catholic Church. He spoke to priests during a special Holy Year week in Rome and he urged them to promote reconciliation and act in communion ...

The Catholic Church and its priests cannot bless same-sex unions because God "cannot bless sin," the Vatican said Monday. The Vatican's orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered … ...

A decision to close a Manitowoc church has been upheld by the Catholic Church’s Supreme Court, the Green Bay Diocese announced Saturday.

The church’s last council before Vatican II, Vatican I, ended prematurely in 1869 as a result of the Franco-Prussian War and did little of note besides declaring the doctrine of papal infallibility.

Why the Catholic Church's future is hard to predict, according to a Vatican expert Updated April 22, 2025 1:33 PM ET Originally published April 22, 2025 4:17 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition ...

Both Tighe, who hails from Ireland, and English Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister, who presided over the official blessing of the new Rome campus for Australian Catholic ...