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With 120 parishes, the Catholic Church in Paris is one of the biggest diocese in Europe... READ MORE›
AS POPE FRANCIS VISITS, CHILEANS QUESTION THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Just 36 percent of Chileans have confidence in the Catholic Church -- the lowest in all of Latin America -- according to the Chilean newspaper, La Tercera... READ MORE›
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BRAZIL ROCKED BY ABORTION FOR 9-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM
The young girl at the centre of the case escaped excommunication only because she is still a child in the eyes of Church authorities... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS: MARRIED MEN COULD BE ORDAINED TO EASE PRIEST SHORTAGES
Pope Francis has said the Catholic church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of priests... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH APOLOGISES FOR ROLE IN 'FORCED ADOPTIONS' OVER 30-YEAR PERIOD
Adoption reached a peak in 1968, when more than 16,000 babies born to unmarried mothers were handed over to new families... READ MORE›
DUTERTE'S WAR ON DRUGS A 'REIGN OF TERROR', CHURCH SAYS
The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs for creating a reign of terror ... READ MORE›
'IT'S SHOCKING': RESTORATION OF BABY JESUS STATUE RESULTS IN HIDEOUS HOBGOBLIN HEAD
To do a statue of baby Jesus for a church is like an honour of my entire art career, she said... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC BISHOPS NOT OBLIGED TO REPORT CLERICAL CHILD ABUSE, VATICAN SAYS
Vatican guide says 'not necessarily' bishop's duty to report suspects to police despite Pope Francis's vows to redress Catholic church's legacy of child abuse... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS CREATES COMMISSION TO STUDY FEMALE DEACONS
Pope Francis has created a commission to study the historical role of female deacons in the Catholic Church, the Vatican's press office said Monday... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH PAID $213MN TO SEX ABUSE VICTIMS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE 1980
Catholic Church paid 213mn to sex abuse victims in Australia since 1980... READ MORE›
VOICE IS SOUGHT AT THE VATICAN ON REMARRIAGE
Homosexuality is regarded by the church as intrinsically disordered, a view that has left gay Catholics often sidelined, and gay couples feeling unacknowledged... READ MORE›
POPE'S CLEMENCY FOR PEDOPHILE PRIESTS UNDER SCRUTINY FOLLOWING LATEST SCANDAL
In sharp contrast, Pope Benedict XVI launched a major campaign to stamp out pedophilia in the Catholic church during his brief tenure as Pope between 2005 and 2013... READ MORE›
VATICAN'S NEW GUIDELINES MAINTAIN BAN ON GAY PRIESTS
As Pope Francis approaches the fourth anniversary of being elected head of the Roman Catholic Church, he remains an exceedingly popular Catholic leader... READ MORE›
EXTRAORDINARY HOLY WEEK DISPLAYS CONTINUE
Thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square in central London today to watch an awe-inspiring reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SAYS CHRISTMAS "TAKEN HOSTAGE" BY MATERIALISM AT CHRISTMAS MASS
Pope Francis has given his fourth Christmas Mass from St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH LOSING GROUND IN LATIN AMERICA
Report Catholic Church losing ground in Latin America... READ MORE›
AS POPE VISIT NEARS, U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH FACES FINANCIAL STRAIN
As pope visit nears u.s. catholic church faces financial strain... READ MORE›
FROM PAPAL STREET CLOTHES TO OFFICIAL BUSINESS ATTIRE, POPE FRANCIS VISITS WASHINGTON, D.C. IN STYLE
During this Mass, Pope Francis will canonize a Spanish missionary, declaring that he should be venerated by the whole church... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA LINKS CELIBACY TO CHILD ABUSE
Head of Catholic Church rsquo's advisory group says celibacy vow is risky and may pose ldquo unbearable strain rdquo on priests... READ MORE›
BISHOPS WHO FAIL TO REPORT ABUSE COULD BE REMOVED
Pope Francis says bishops who fail to report cases of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults could be removed from office... READ MORE›
BABY JESUS' NEW HEAD IS A BIT SHOCKING
That's when Heather Wise, a local artist who noticed the decapitated statue, stepped forward to offer her services to Anne des Pins church, reports Sudbury.com... READ MORE›
CUBA'S SANTERA-A FAITHFUL EXPERIENCE POPE FRANCIS'S VISIT THROUGH DIFFERENT PRISM
Throughout history, the Catholic church has had a somewhat awkward relationship with such syncretic religions... READ MORE›
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CHURCH HID CHILD ABUSE CASES FOR DECADES, AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY TOLD
The U.S.-based Jehovah's Witnesses number about 8 million worldwide and are known for their foreign ministries as well as their door-to-door campaigns... READ MORE›
INTENSE JOCKEYING ON GAY ISSUES PRECEDES NEXT WEEK'S CATHOLIC SYNOD MEETING
One of the groups hoping to see its view on the matter triumph at the synod is the Filial Appeal... READ MORE›
THE WONDERFULLY WEIRD WORLD OF ITALY'S INTERNATIONAL CHURCH SUPPLIES EXPO
This year's fascinating items included glow-in-the-dark Jesus figures and electronic rosaries, according to De Belle... READ MORE›
JESUS 'MARRIED MARY MAGDALENE AND HAD CHILDREN', ACCORDING TO ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT
Jesus married the prostitute Mary Magdalene and had children, according to a manuscript almost 1,500 years old unearthed at the British Library... READ MORE›
FROM PAPAL STREET CLOTHES TO OFFICIAL BUSINESS ATTIRE, POPE FRANCIS VISITS WASHINGTON, D.C. IN STYLE
Canonization puts Serra on the church's list of saints according to church doctrine only God can actually make him a saint... READ MORE›
IN SPEECH, POPE TRIES TO BALANCE U.S. DEBATE ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Pope francis proclaims in Philadelphia that God himself gave man the right to religious freedom, to worship ANY 'god'... READ MORE›
IN AN ISRAELI WAREHOUSE, CLUES ABOUT JESUS' LIFE AND DEATH
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel AP -- In a cavernous warehouse where Israel stores its archaeological treasures, an ancient burial box is inscribed with the name of Jesus... READ MORE›
POPE SAYS LUTHERANS, CATHOLICS MUST 'SEEK PARDON' FOR PERSECUTION
Pope Francis, in a visit to Rome's Lutheran church on Sunday, said both sides, Catholics and Lutherans, should seek forgiveness for past persecutions. The... READ MORE›
COMMENT: HAS THE POPE MISSED THE POINT ON CONTRACEPTION?
Through much of Africa and Asia the Catholic Church has played a major role in challenging contraception use... READ MORE›
CATHOLICS SHOULD NOT CONVERT JEWS, SAYS VATICAN, IN PUSH AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM
The document coincided with 50 years since the Vatican's repudiation of the concept of Jewish guilt for Jesus' death... READ MORE›