“There should be recognition of a diversity of forms,” said Bishop Bonny of Antwerp.

Archbishop of New York seeks to ease racial, political tensions between police and public

Breakthrough is low hanging fruit for first Latin American pope

Following up on remarks to “60 Minutes” about the clergy sex abuse crisis and other controversial topics, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley has stressed that the Catholic Church needs a system to hold bishops accountable and must “avoid crowd-based condemnations.”“We

Will continue to work with both parties to pass comprehensive reform

Much of the private discussions at the fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have focused on how the American hierarchy can shift its priorities to better track those of Pope Francis, especially on social justice issues such as poverty and immigration.But what they&r

Known chiefly for 'Humanae Vitae,' Paul was also a reformer, bridge-builder

Senior Catholic leaders meeting at the Vatican are deep into passionate debates about how the church can respond to the realities of modern family life yet at the same time they have repeatedly stressed that they are not going to alter long-standing doctrines such as nbsp the teaching on divorce a

Pope Francis on Saturday will name Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane Wash a prelate closely identified with the Catholic Church rsquo s progressive wing to be the next archbishop of Chicago according to news reports and multiple church sources It is the pontiff rsquo s most important U S appointm

Eight years ago this Friday Sept 12 Pope Benedict XVI delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg in Bavaria in which he seemed to diagnose Islam as a religion inherently flawed by fanaticism It was an undiplomatic assertion to say the least.