As wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles neighborhoods, Pope Francis expressed his spiritual closeness to those affected ...

Homosexual men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they "support the so-called gay culture", according ...

Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in ...

A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

Mindy Schauer is an award-winning photojournalist for the Orange County Register. As a general-interest news photographer, ...

The Catholic Church is not going to stop fighting for the rights of immigrants even as a demagogue promising mass deportations prepares to enter the White House.

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church ...

Livingstone emphasizes in the book Cardinal Pell’s resilience in the face of adversity and how his unwavering faith served as ...

While the bulk of his text was dedicated to political concerns and diplomatic efforts, a portion was devoted to the ...

The procession served as a visible sign for the public of the jubilee year that Pope Francis initiated for the universal ...

For women, it is largely their motherhood and devotionalism that seem to earn the church’s respect, leading to the perception ...