Francis' comments about Hungary and the EU came as a breath of fresh air for Orbán. The prime minister has been in power since 2010 (and previously held office from 1998-2002), but he's now in ...

Award-winning Catholic theologian and ethicist, Marie-Jo Thiel, says the latest cases of abuse involving 11 French bishops mark “point of no return” for the Church ...

A top Catholic Church official in Argentina advocated for social pastoral care as a fundamental dimension of the church's mission of justice and fraternity and a means of addressing social ...

September 26th, 2022 at 02:47 pm (Europe\Rome). Updated September 27th, 2022 at 12:59 pm (Europe\Rome) ...

Interview: Meeting Salman Rushdie evokes the profound emotion of witnessing his survival. Nearly two years after the attack, the “The Satanic Verses” author returns to the stage, embodying the ...

It is probably hard for many Catholics to remember what a state of disarray the Church was in -- especially at the Vatican -- back on March 13, 2013 when an Italo-Argentine Jesuit named Jorge ...

Hey, you! Stop being so critical! The "listening Church" is not afraid of criticism, but offers an open door, a place of familiar security where differing views may be expressed and a common ...

Signs of the times.Pope Francis, distinguishing himself from predecessors, champions a "global south" Catholicism, advocating liberation from Western norms and deeper integration into non-Western ...

We like to think of the realm of religion as a place of authenticity: here we do not pretend, here we are far from the make-belief of the celebrity culture, the double-talk of marketing and ...

Should we believe in miracles? No dogma in the Catholic Church requires belief in miracles. Yet, they hold a significant place in the Bible, especially in the Gospels. Believing in miracles can ...

Pope Francis is either an anarchist or a man with an unshakable faith in the work of the Holy Spirit. Of course, he could actually be both. How else does one describe what the 85-year-old pope did ...

For the first time, the pope will participate in the G7 summit, held June 13 – 15 in the Italian region of Apulia. He will speak on June 14, during a session on artificial intelligence. La Croix ...