Missouri spokesman confirms archbishop visited diocese for interviews.

Laicized papal ambassador accused of sex abuse in Dominican Republic

Pope Francis, who has said the Catholic Church has "not yet come up with a profound theology of womanhood," named five women, a record number, to the International Theological Commission.One of the women is U.S. Mercy Sister Prudence Allen, former chair of the philosophy department at St.

Marchers call for urgency on global challenge

What you need to know about October's synod on the family

Bishops urge compliance with Hyde Amendment

The Vice President joins Network at Iowa kickoff of 'Nuns on the Bus' tour

U.S. physician-deacon has gone to Liberia to train and educate health care teams.

Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs urge Westerners to take humanitarian action.

Ukraine's Catholic bishops have warned their country is now "flowing in blood," and urged Western governments not to become "accomplices in the sin of murder" by failing to support it. "This peaceful sovereign nation has been subjected to a direct military intervention b