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Russia faces charges of war crimes amid massacres of innocent civilians and the shelling of homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure, with the resulting suffering. The contours of global Christianity could be blurred, as a result of all…

Some Roman Catholic bishops in Germany have increasingly expressed their rejection of their church's magisterial authority teaching on sexual morality. This is evident in recent statements by bishops pressuring the Church to…

(Lane Kennedy/TommieMedia) There is a certain moral consideration in people's day-to-day decision-making. It's as easy as deciding to buy a fast fashion brand, or as difficult as indicting a criminal while serving as a jury member. The…

It is not every day that a prince of the Roman Catholic Church, and a strategic Jesuit ally of the pope,…

Pallbearers carry the relic and statue honoring Saint Anthony of Padua during a procession in Rome, Italy. Saint Anthony of Padua was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1946.Stefano Montesi – Corbis/Getty Images Europe via Getty…

When his mother pushed him on his childhood swing as she quietly sang to the sun setting over Galway Bay, this boy never thought that at 51 he would be announced as the new Bishop of that same Galway. , a day that marked the beginning of a…

This article was adapted from Russell Moore's newsletter. Subscribe here. As Vladimir Putin's Russia threatens the existence of a free Ukraine, it would be easy for American evangelicals to conclude that this is a more distant foreign…

February 10, 2022 GEIR MOULSON Berlin, GermanyPA A report on decades of clergy sex abuse in Germany that has shone an unflattering spotlight on retired Pope Benedict XVI has added to already strong pressure for the church…

KYLE O'DONNELL The Catholic Church is in the midst of a credibility crisis. The corruption that has been exposed over the past 20 years has weighed heavily on the…

Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, Ukraine, a major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, speaks to reporters at the Vatican on January 26, 2018. CNS photo/Paul Haring The leader of Ukrainian Greek Catholics,…

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A FORMER Bishop of Chester, Dr Peter Forster, was received into the Roman Catholic Church last year, it was confirmed this week. The news follows the reception of Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, former Bishop of Rochester, into the RC Ordinariate…

Boston, MA, January 31, 2022 --(PR.com)-- Sir Joseph J. Plaud, clinical and forensic psychologist, executive director of Applied Behavioral Consultants, LLC with offices in Naples, Florida and Boston, in Massachusetts, and Director of Web…

BERLIN — No other German bishop has so dominated Catholic life in Germany in recent years as Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who announced he would remain archbishop of Munich and Freising despite a report questioning his leadership in dealing with…

A Catholic institute in Beijing, the Chinese capital, marked 20 years of academic research on Christianity and culture and the promotion of evangelization in China and beyond.The Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture of the…

An editorial by our editor for the Italian daily Il Mattino (January 21), after the German report then accusing Archbishop Ratzinger. by Massimo Introvigné Pope Francis (left) and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (right).…

Austrian Church authorities announced that 4,301 people joined the Church or joined for the first time in 2021 – more than in 2020, when 4,068 joined or joined the Church.…

Saint Francis de Sales noted: “If you are poor, you are in good company. Our Dear Lord, Our Lady, the Apostles, countless saints, men and women, were poor, and though they might have!-->!-->!-->…

ROME (AP) - The Catholic Church and the city of Ferrara in northern Italy made peace with Antonio Vivaldi on…

“The truth of the religion of Jesus Christ is no different from the truth of the religion of Islam, and the Quran mentions excellent attributes for Saint Mary and Jesus Christ,” the Iranian president said at the meeting. 'a meeting with the…

Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes has released his Christmas message for 2021.My dear brothers and sisters,The…

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Built in the early 1900s, Notre-Dame de Bangui Cathedral is a large red brick church built in the French colonial style. Above the three-door entrance is a white plaster icon of the Virgin Mary looking out from a niche. The interior of…

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The Catholic Church in Portugal has announced that it will set up a national committee to investigate the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults.The new authority will coordinate the work of local religious groups looking into…

The largest Roman Catholic church in the Persian Gulf has opened in Bahrain.The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, which can accommodate at least 2,300 people, is located in a desert town about 20 kilometers south of the capital, Manama.The…

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Church takes a fresh look at ministry in historically black colleges and universities across the United States. While students prepare for final exams, campus ministers help them prepare for the ultimate final exam.…

The funeral of Monsignor Aldo Giordano, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the European Union, will be celebrated Thursday from 9 to 14, in the cathedral of Cuneo. Monsignor Giordano was born on August 20, 1954 in Cuneo, in the!-->!-->…

Portugal is moving forward with a commission to investigate possible cases of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, as the secular leader of the committee urged victims to come forward on Thursday.The Independent Committee for the…

Bishop William Wack of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., Smiles on November 13, 2017, during the fall general…