Roman Catholic Church News

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei.

The diocese filed for Chapter 11 protection last month. Officials had told the judge the church would not make any payments to priests accused of sexual abuse without a court order, even if the abuse had not been substantiated.

American actor Taylor Lautner, American actress Kristen Stewart and British actor Robert Pattinson pose for photographs during the 'Twilight' press conference at Ebisu Garden Place on February 27, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Calling the US bishops assembled in Baltimore to a a oetotal lovea for the Church, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to United States of America, reminded the bishops that a oethe first characteristic which the Lord requires of his servant is fidelity.a Continuing to quote from a homily by Pope Benedict, Archbishop Sambi said: He has been ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams smiles at the end of his lecture at the Gregorian University in Rome, Thursday, Nov.

A Web site that portrays its mission as "Bringing the light of truth to the darkness of hypocrisy" invites readers to share their stories of sexual trysts, or other accounts of how they know that a priest or other official of the Catholic church is gay--or, if not gay, having a affair despite his vow of celibacy.

By Catholic News Service BALTIMORE - Members of the U.S. bishops' subcommittee overseeing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development reassured their fellow bishops and donors that "no group that opposes Catholic social or moral teaching is eligible for funding" from their domestic anti-poverty campaign.

Baltimore, MD .- On the final day of their annual meeting, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published aA pastoral letter on marriage titled "Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan," which restates and clarifies the Church's teachings to empower those seeking to defend marriage against the cultural currents of cohabitation, ...

Pope John Paul II's cause for beatification-- his first step towards sainthood -- has just gathered speed almost five years after his death.

No, it's not. Only a person who doesn't pay attention to what the Catholic church says or does can come to this conclusion.

WILMINGTON - A Catholic priest accused of abusing a teenage high school student almost 50 years ago was a "suicidal, out-of-control alcoholic" who posed a danger to children and should not have been allowed in the classroom, an attorney for the alleged victim said Monday.

Some anti-gay religious groups claim that gays can be "cured" and turned straight; others acknowledge that homosexuality is an innate trait, rather than a pathology, but still insist that gays are "called by God" to forsake family life and sexual intimacy and live celibate lives.

The new Roman Catholic bishop for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is going to be busier than originally thought.

Cardinals and bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints have gathered at the Vatican to pave the way further for the beatification of John Paul II. They’re asking Benedict XVI to name him Venerable, the step before beatification. The only thing that’s left is the pope’s signature that will confirm John Paul II lived a Christian virtuous life.

BOSTON -- It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death.

The Catholic Church renounced the myth that gay priests abuse children more than straight priests, while still affirming that marriage should be defined as a union between one man and one woman at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore on Tuesday.

In his remarks before praying the Angelus today, Benedict XVI spoke of the end of the liturgical year, quoting the passage from the Gospel of St.

Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo recently said that the Vatican will officially comment on the supposed apparitions of the Virgin in Medjugorje. It’s a small town of some 5,000 people a few miles from the capital of Bosnia where a supposed apparition of the Virgin was seen by six people in 1981. The current process of investigation is similar to the one that took place for the apparitions in Lourdes and Fatima.

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