For the first time since the late 1930s, fewer than half of Americans say they belong to a church, synagogue or mosque, according to a new report from Gallup.
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Vatican statistical yearbook: The number of Catholics is growing on every continent—except Europe.
The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world has shown steady growth, while the number of religious men and women continued to decrease, according to Vatican statistics.
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Vienna cardinal ‘not happy’ with Vatican statement on same sex unions
Austria’s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said he cannot deny same-sex couples a blessing if they request one and that he was “not happy” with the Vatican’s mid-March statement on same-sex unions.
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New York Catholic Church in Covid-19 epicenter leads congregants out of sorrow
More than 100 congregants of the parish in the mostly Latino Corona neighborhood of Queens died of COVID-19, many of them in the early days of the pandemic.
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Governor Northam signs death penalty repeal at site of 101 executions in Virginia since 1991
While standing outside the prison that housed Virginia’s execution chamber, Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in the state March 24.
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Pope Francis: Dante, who died 700 years ago, is still a ‘prophet of hope’ today
The life and works of the famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri remain a lasting treasure that embodies the virtue of hope, Pope Francis said.
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Vatican releases Pope Francis’ Holy Week and Easter schedule
Pope Francis’ Holy Week and Easter will be celebrated primarily in St. Peter’s Basilica with a very small congregation.
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Cardinal Gregory: ‘Healing of America’s soul’ is needed to bring about racial harmony
In a major address on confronting the sin of racism and working for racial harmony, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the nation’s first African American cardinal, said a “healing of America’s soul” is needed.
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More than 230 German theologians protest Vatican statement against blessings for same-sex unions
More than 230 professors of Catholic theology have signed a statement protesting the Vatican’s recent pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, adding to dissent over the document.
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Cardinal questions legitimacy of Vatican decree restricting Latin Mass
A second Catholic cardinal has questioned the legitimacy of a recent decree by the Vatican to restrict the celebration of the old Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and forbid private Masses in its side chapels.