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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›
Trending News Headlines : Rome’s Lutheran Church
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 SAYS BAN ON FEMALE PRIESTS IS LIKELY TO ENDURE
Francis has said before that the Catholic Church's ban on ordaining women as priests is a closed matter... 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›
C OF E ARCHBISHOPS CALL ON CHRISTIANS TO REPENT FOR REFORMATION SPLIT
Five hundred years after the Reformation, the religious revolution that swept across Europe, the leaders of the Church of England... 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›
CATHOLIC CHURCH LOSING GROUND IN LATIN AMERICA
Report Catholic Church losing ground in Latin America... READ MORE›
CHILD SEX ABUSE WITHIN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH LINKED TO CLERICAL CELIBACY
Clerical celibacy may have contributed to endemic levels of child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, a new internal investigation has claimed... 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›
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›
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›
AUSTRIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CRITICISED FOR GOD SLOGANS ON POSTERS
Protestant church representatives condemn rightwing Norbert Hofer's posters featuring words 'so help me God'... 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›
POPE NAMES CARDINALS FOR LAOS, MALI, SWEDEN, SPAIN, SALVADOR
Pope Names New Cardinals for Laos Mali Sweden Spain and El Salvador... 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›
TO OVERCOME SHORTAGE, POPE FRANCIS SIGNALS ELDERLY MARRIED MEN COULD BECOME PRIESTS
Pope Francis has said he is willing to consider ordaining older married men as priests in isolated communities, but has ruled out making celibacy optional... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS TO ANNOUNCE NEW MARRIAGE ANNULMENT RULES FOR CATHOLICS
Washington Pope Francis plans to release a plan to reform the Catholic Church's procedure for marriage annulments according to a Vatican spokesperson... READ MORE›
A SNAPSHOT OF THE U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH ON EVE OF PAPAL VISIT
Catholic church is one of the wealthiest in the world -- and one of the biggest donors to the Vatican... READ MORE›
POPE INSISTS 'MARRIAGE IS BOND FOR MAN AND WOMAN'
The Church must search out these persons, welcome and accompany them, Pope Francis added... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA: DATA SUGGESTS RIFE REJECTION OF CHILD SEX ABUSE CLAIMS IN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Hearings have begun in Australia into allegations of widespread child sex abuse in the Catholic Church between 1950 and 2010... READ MORE›
DUBLIN TO HOST NEXT WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES
The World Meeting of Families is an event that happens every three years... READ MORE›
IRISH CHURCH REFORMERS CALL FOR RE-THINK ON CONTRACEPTION, GAY MARRIAGE
The Association of Catholics in Ireland and We Are Church Ireland along with more than 50 other international Catholic reform groups have written to the Pontiff... READ MORE›