The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with Pope ...

Imagine that you are an organization that is obsessed with sex, and you have been for a long time, often in unhealthy ways. Now imagine that you are suddenly in a sex scandal on a global scale that ...

Pope Francis gives some sweets to a musician during a welcome ceremony in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 7, during his recent trip to Asia and the Pacific. (Photo: AFP) Most of us have grown ...

The Catholic Church should treat women with more respect and dignity, the Primate of All Ireland has said. Archbishop Eamon ...

Editor's note: According to a 2008 Pew Research study, one of 10 U.S. adults is a former Catholic. Some have moved on to other denominations, others have no church affiliation at all, still others ...

Fear and uncertainty, but also an invincible devotion to God, permeated a Roman Catholic Church in Riverhead where hundreds of immigrants gathered for Sunday Mass despite President Donald Trump’s ...

At a glance, Spirit of Grace church in Beaverton might appear to be just one of many progressive Protestant churches, not unusual in the Pacific Northwest. Its website and featured introduction video ...

BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop on Friday said he had invited the leader of the Communist Party-controlled group for Catholics in mainland China to visit his city, in a symbolic ...