Pope issues first appeal for Chinese Catholics
3 days ago
The Communist Party ordered Catholics to cut ties with the Holy See in the 1950s, and persecuted the church for years until restoring a degree of religious freedom.
Police: NM man in church stabbing vandalized lodge
25 days ago
A man charged with stabbing three people at an Albuquerque Catholic church because he thought a choir leader was a Mason vandalized a Masonic lodge hours before his attack, police said.
Commentary: Six ways the Catholic Church is just like the Republican Party
72 days ago
But the Republican Party, in the wake of its failure to retake the White House, and the Catholic Church, in the aftermath of a series of scandals, actually have a lot in common.
Catholics, world leaders welcome church's new pope
73 days ago
Wednesday was "a momentous day for the 1.2 billion Catholics around the world," Cameron said.
Papal conclave goes to heart of Catholic mystery
73 days ago
"Maybe the ancient Catholic church is finally learning from its mistakes.
Some SAfrican Catholics want reforms from new pope
74 days ago
"While the Catholic church has been battered by the scandals of priests sexually abusing boys in the Western world, African priests are more likely to have affairs with women.
Dutch Catholic girls abused at home, in church
75 days ago
In preliminary conclusions in December 2011 it estimated that up to 20,000 children were molested at Catholic institutions between 1945 and 2010.
Catholic newspaper draws rebuke from bishop
77 days ago
The newspaper, which has a circulation of about 35,000 and is available online, has won several awards from the Catholic Press Association, including for general excellence for 13 straight years.
Cardinals go to Rome early to discuss problems
83 days ago
Cardinals from around the world have descended on Rome to discuss some of the major problems facing the Catholic Church ahead of the conclave to elect Benedict XVI's successor as pope.
Catholics ponder future with new pope
83 days ago
Catholics likely will find out this week whether such hopes become reality, as cardinals worldwide arrive in Rome for a conclave that could elect a new pontiff.