Professor Mary Healy of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Michigan discusses her appointment to the Dicastery for Divine Worship ...

A distinguished theologian, Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, 80, was the architect of the Catechism of the Catholic ...

The sanctions imposed on Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne include restrictions “relating to his public activity, place of ...

In a busy news week, people may have missed the Vatican stating it has concluded the process of gathering information in the ...

The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the ...

WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The ...

Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

It is curious to read a memoir by somebody who is uncomfortable in the limelight, doesn’t like parties, and hasn’t watched TV ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken elsewhere ...

The call from bestselling British novelist Robert Harris came out of the blue: “I write fiction but my project is extremely ...

While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...

Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...