It was in late spring, 1985, when I received a call from NCR's then-editor Tom Fox. I think he said he hoped I was sitting down. Fox and I often exchanged calls when we thought that one of our ...

Half of Glasgow's Catholic churches face closure under radical archdiocese plans. Kevin McKenna examines what will be lost and why it matters ...

AARON WEINMANN/THE HOYA Robert Bennett (CAS ’61, LAW ’64), Karen Tumulty, John Carr, Dawn Eden Goldstein and Kevin Byrnes react to sexual abuse in the church. Catholic clergy cannot be trusted to ...

The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said. "The hierarchical structures of the church have ...

BOSTON -- The clergy sexual abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church has sparked an examination of the hierarchy's power, the role of the laity and the church's teachings on sexuality by theologians ...

Continuing his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV emphasized on March 25 that the Church’s hierarchy is divinely instituted and not of ...

In this photo taken with slow shutter speed, Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) VATICAN ...

At 93 and apparently suffering from dementia, former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is unlikely to be tried on criminal charges of sexual abuse. It’s likewise doubtful he’ll ever testify in court in ...

Ireland's Catholic Church hierarchy has admitted concerns about an "unhealthy atmosphere" at the country's main seminary amid claims trainee priests there are using the gay dating app Grindr. Church ...

CWN Editor's Note: The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is meeting in Rome to discuss the pastoral care of families in wartime. Bishop Arkadiusz Trochanowski of Olsztyn-Gdańsk, ...