The Vatican announced August that Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church's teaching to oppose the penalty. ..…

This is the contradictory non-scientific thing you have ever blogged, Crystal, and is on par with the today. ..…

These plans constitute the militarization of Tibetan Plateau China's push against India and securing the border, Tibet serving as location of Chinese settlers and the source of natural resources for rapidly industrializing economy.   More ... ..…

At a time when Roman Catholic bishops are waging political wars against contraception and same-sex marriage, one of the church's most hard-line generals was named Tuesday to head its historically important Baltimore archdiocese. . The Vatican appointed Bishop William E. Lori, 60, of..…

Three decades ago, in an appropriate echo of Maryland's pivotal role in the church's history in America, Cardinal Lawrence J. Shehan helped draft the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Liberty, as well as its Decree on Ecumenism. . ..…

The scandal has remained within the church and hasn't involved the courts. Two emissaries dispatched by the Vatican investigated it in November. . ..…

Mother Teresa, will become a saint, the Vatican announced today. . Beatification by the Catholic Church requires one miracle, while the process of becoming recognized as a saint requires proof of at least two miracles. ... But no worries, we can totes trust the Catholic Church to..…

The phrase hermeneutic of rupture was seized on by those seeking a reform of the reform, and became in the struggle to roll back some of the most developments in the church following Second Vatican Council of 1962 1965. The cardinals met in the wake of the resignation of Pope Benedict..…

The Vatican Publishing House publishes a “Statistical Yearbook of the Church”, which includes Catholic population estimates. ..…

Dodd has criticized the Vatican’s condemnation of Catholic politicians who support abortion rights.  ... Church and State Dodd has said that the separation of church and state should be understood not as a strict barrier between the two but as a relationship where one can reflect the..…

But the bottom line is that Catholicism that I grew up with is quite different from Catholicism that we have today, and that is due to Vatican II and to reevaluation within the church about how the church would reach out and talk to its flock. ..…

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the nuncio to United States who accused Pope Francis and church officials of failing to act on accusations of sexual abuse, urged Vatican official to release documents that would prove his allegations.. ..…

The Vatican has a nearly incalculable amount of assets. Take its art collection. What is the Sistine Chapel worth? Before making an estimate, consider that a single Leonardo da Vinci painting sold for $450.3 million in 2017. . ..…