Roman Catholic Church News

I just can't keep it in. I know I shouldn't boast but, well, as a Roman Catholic I simply have to.

Vicar-turned-author Rev G P Taylor says he will desert the "sinking ship" Church of England, which he said was the "spiritual arm of New Labour", for Roman Catholicism.

Unlike his predecessor, recently installed New York archbishop Timothy Dolan was expected to use his proximity to the nation's most powerful media outlets to raise the Roman Catholic Church's public profile.

A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.

Share + Comments Nov 6, 2009 12:55 pm US/Pacific 1 of 1 The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights says the city's Board of Supervisors was intervening in church affairs when it passed the nonbinding resolution in 2006.

A children's home abuse victim who is eligible for part of a 8m compensation payout today insisted that 'it was never about the money'. Rape victim Graham Baverstock spoke out after a judge ruled that the Roman Catholic Middlesbrough Diocese was responsible for running an East Riding children's home where 142 boys were abused.

November 6, 2009. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, memories of the historic event are up at the Museum of Rome in Trastevere.

November 6, 2009. Experts from 14 countries and more than 1,000 people from five continents will participate in the congress. On November 7, the city of Zaragosa will light up four kilometers of candles in memory of those who were never born.

November 6, 2009. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, memories of the historic event are up at the Museum of Rome in Trastevere.

The judge handling the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's bankruptcy case dispensed with several contentious issues Monday and said he would be very reluctant to allow pending civil lawsuits to go forward against the diocese while it is trying to reorganize.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Maine is thanking the state's voters for repealing the state's gay marriage law.

By Mark Pattison Source: Published: Thursday, November 05, 2009 Miriam Conners and her son Spencer of Stand for Marriage Maine canvass in Yarmouth, Maine.

A third woman has filed a paternity claim against Paraguay's Roman Catholic bishop-turned- president, her lawyer confirmed Thursday.

At his weekly public audience on November 4, Pope Benedict XVI used the debate between St.

November 5, 2009. The Vatican has released the official guest list for this years conference with artists. The guests includes architect Daniel Libeskind who designed the Freedom Tower at the former World Trade Center in New York, Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava along with Grammy nominated singer Andrea Bocelli, Brazilian Pianist Alvaro Siviero and film score composer Ennio Morricone.

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican defended its review of U.S. women's religious orders on Tuesday amid criticism from the sisters that the process is secretive and amounts to a crackdown.

Federal officials began the process of choosing creditor representatives in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's Chapter 11 bankruptcy by meeting with diocesan officials behind closed doors Wednesday.

A worker for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque has been charged with theft for stealing money from a program designed to defray the tuition costs of Catholic school students.

At Saint Mary the Virgin Catholic Church, the 75-year-old priest is married, members sing from an Episcopalian hymnal and parishioners kneel at the altar to receive Communion.

An unprecedented gathering of Ohio Roman Catholic priests this week will focus on an institution of marriage that the church believes is under attack.