Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart is among some 6,000 initial signatories of the “Australian Creed for Sexual Integrity,” ...

marriage within the clergy, and the singular appointment of church offices by the pope. His papacy saw the beginning of the ...

Francis was a Pope of notable firsts — the first Jesuit to be elected pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first shepherd of the Catholic Church from outside of Europe since the ...

but it is possible to discern a genuine desire to abide by the orthodox traditions and practices of the Church while remaining open to modernity. His experiences in the Holy Land, beginning with a ...

Ten Americans are among those listed as cardinal electors by the Holy See Press Office ... Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, Congregation for Institutes ...

A charismatic and gifted speaker, Cardinal Tagle is active on social media, reaching out to Catholics wherever they are ...

In the Russian Empire, the church was subordinated to the state, and in the Evangelical Church, members of the clergy were ...

Positive he’s pro that marriage ... Orthodox or they lost us. We had the Protestant Reformation, an unfortunate period of trouble that we’re still recovering from. So the Holy Spirit holds the ...

Even critics concede that the late Holy ... unify the Church in the [divinely] revealed truth." He fears a heretic pontiff would trigger schism, much like the breakaway of the Greek Orthodox ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.