Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- The more pastors empower their parishioners to share responsibility for the mission of the church, the more they will learn to...

VATICAN CITY -- Synodal assemblies and listening sessions are not a new Catholic invention; gatherings of the faithful to pray, discuss divisive issues and...

LONDON -- Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate, a kind of diocese originally set up to receive groups...

VATICAN CITY -- While misusing modern forms of media dulls the mind, games like checkers are a simple way to stimulate one's intellect and...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- An Argentine priest who works with the country's poorest and most vulnerable people is hopeful that Pope Francis will visit...

VATICAN CITY -- As doctors were preparing to certify the brain death of a Brazilian man in 2010, members of a local Catholic charismatic...

ROME -- The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more "auto-referential" and withdraw itself from the international...

VATICAN CITY -- Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or experiencing shifts in vocations, Pope Francis...

A new study of U.S. Catholics suggests that Mass attendance and political affiliation are associated with their views of Pope Francis and Catholic teaching...

SYDNEY -- The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney's Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack...