His comments at Christmas Eve Mass in the Vatican follow previous remarks about the war in Ukraine.

Religion News Service columnist Mark Silk on the differing stances taken by the Catholic Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the Respect for Marriage Act.

Suppose Catholic head Pope Francis were to return to the days of no meat in Catholic churches across the globe. In that case, The change could reduce millions of metric tonnes in greenhouse gases every year to a new study by the University of Cambridge.

Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN's partner channel CNN Portugal that he was "responsible that it doesn't happen anymore."

Across the United States, young adults are becoming less religious.

Across the United States, young adults are becoming less religious.

Pope Francis is scheduled to land in Canada on Sunday on what he has called a "pilgrimage of penance" to apologize for the abuse indigenous children endured at hands of largely Catholic-run residential schools.

A bishop in Worcester, Massachusetts, has said an area middle school can no longer call itself Catholic because it flew pride and Black Lives Matter flags on its campus after being told to take them down. In a decree, Bishop Robert J. McManus said the Nativity School is supporting movements that are "inconsistent with Catholic teaching."

In the 1500s, the Catholic Church classified the capybara as a fish, so its meat could be eaten on Fridays during Lent. If you’re not familiar with the capybara, it is the largest rodent in the world and certainly not a fish.

Father Andres Arango apologises for using the word "we" instead of "I" when performing baptisms  — a change which meant the thousands of baptisms he performed during his 20 years as a priest in Brazil, California and Arizona were found to be invalid.

A Catholic diocese in Michigan has been thrust into the national spotlight after a prominent priest and author shared its guidance on transgender members and

The pandemic has driven people to try just about anything to eradicate Covid in order to return to pre-pandemic life - including requesting to undergo an exorcism to rid themselves of the disease. Catholic priests have received an "overwhelming" number of requests from coronavirus patients for them to perform exorcisms to eradicate the infection.

Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.

Canada’s Catholic bishops are apologizing for the church’s role in the residential school system. In an open letter, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed their “profound remorse” for their participation in the system, which led to the suppression of Indigenous languages and culture.

Real estate holdings published for first time show it owns 4,051 properties in Italy, 1,120 abroad

We should all be worried about the latest Catholic scandal.

Archbishop Richard Gagnon sparked anger by implying that the church is being persecuted amid widespread attention to gravesite discoveries at residential schools

This movement is putting politics ahead of faith and ideology ahead of theology.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church's role running residential schools for indigenous children, after nearly 1,000 bodies were found in two mass graves.

Indigenous leaders and school survivors on Sunday dismissed Pope Francis' expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children's remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more.