Most married priests, especially those organized into groups pressing for reform like CORPUS, or Call to Action, are straightforward about who they are. Some are uncomfortable with the idea of ...

As older progressive priests retire or die, younger conservative priests will have a profound impact on parish life. A new ...

Tuesday, the Atlantic Wire covered the astonished reaction to the Vatican's announcement of a proposed amnesty of sorts for Anglicans. Pope Benedict XVI has decided that Anglicans wishing to rejoin ...

Sept. 20 -- Inspiring young Catholic men to join the priesthood has become a problem in the United States, where there are now more than 3,000 parishes without priests. Even in parishes that do have ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis says the church must study whether it's possible to ordain married men to minister in remote communities facing priest shortages. In an interview published Thursday with ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - 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 to tackle a shortage of ...

American institutions–government, business, the church–have had a tough year. All face questions of leadership and moral credibility. There has been plenty of news coverage of the allegations of child ...