Communion can be distributed “under the form of wine alone in a case of necessity,” but many parishes have opted for the ...

The former US president could technically be excommunicated from the Catholic Church for becoming a Master Mason Read Full ...

COMMENTARY: The newly retired Church leader’s greatest contribution was his work as the principal drafter/editor of the ...

More concerned with the action itself than with the theory behind it,’ Torres was relieved of his orders in 1965, after which ...

(Messori, 105) Mary—"Completely a Christian" Fifteen years later, in 2000, Cardinal Ratzinger's reflections about Mary seem more relaxed and reflective, even meditative. Questioned about Mary in ...

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict ...