The “next chapter” of the Catholic Church in Ireland will be a very different one from those which went before, says Archbishop Eamon Martin. The consultation among the faithful – known as ...

BUILDING A NEW CHURCH.; A NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC STRUCTURE IN EAST FIFTY-FIFTH-STREET. Give this article Share full article. Nov. 9, 1880. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Irish Catholics want equal status for women in the church's structures, as well as married priests and greater inclusion of LGBTQI+ people, according to a report prepared for Rome following an ...

The Catholic Church suffers from a fundamental structural flaw. Its organizational structure is based on the “hierarchical model. It even goes so far as to call its management — the ...

Thomas Bokenkotter’s “A Concise History of the Catholic Church” is a comprehensive yet accessible overview of one of the world’s most influential religious institutions.