Catholic bishops in conservative countries are pushing back on the Vatican’s document allowing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships. Episcopal conferences in African nations have been the most vocal prelates opposed to the implementation of “Fiducia supplicans” — the document which approved
A document from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that approved blessings for people in same-sex relationships caused waves as prelates in the U.S. attempt to clarify the document. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) published guidance
A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. The morning Mass was underway in
Nicaragua has released 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Rome following an agreement reached with the Vatican, the Nicaraguan government said in a statement late Wednesday. The government of President Daniel Ortega said that
The Roman Catholic Church’s top official in the Holy Land expressed his willingness on Monday to exchange himself for the children taken hostage by Hamas terrorists and being held in Gaza as officials around the world work to free those kidnapped amid
Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected pope and took the regnal name “Pope John Paul II” on this day in history, Oct. 16, 1978. The election of John Paul II marked the first time a non-Italian had been selected to lead the
Pope Francis has contacted the only Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip as the war between Hamas and Israel continues to scar the region. The pontiff established personal communication with the Holy Family Church on Saturday and has called multiple times to
The Catholic Church is in a precarious cultural moment in history as it balances the need to stay true to its teachings but also to live out its mission to be a welcoming church, as Pope Francis has emphasized. There’s hardly a
A Catholic priest is being investigated after a “gay orgy” at an apartment in Poland involving a sex worker and potency pills, which resulted in emergency services being called. According to reports in the Polish press, the priest held a sex party
The Catholic Church beatified a Polish family that sheltered Jews during World War II on Sunday, calling them “a ray of light in the darkness.” The Latin formula of the Ulma family’s beatification was signed by Pope Francis in August. A Mass took