A move to require clergy to report child abuse even when it is revealed during the sacrament of confession is in sharp ...

St. Augustine said some 1,500 years ago that “catholic” means to be open to the truth, wherever it can be found. Yet, for many centuries the Church itself was not open to learn from nonChristian ...

It’s not just St. Maria Goretti. Across the U.S., the Catholic Church is undergoing an immense shift. Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican ...

The day camp's activities include a trip to Pittsburgh to tour a tourist coal mine, the Nationality Rooms at Pitt and to see ...

Until the 1960s, all Roman Catholic Masses were in the traditional Latin language. But as the church modernized in that decade of change, the Vatican allowed the Mass to be celebrated in the ...

The Maronite tradition dates to the fifth century, ... The priest came from Pennsylvania a year ago to St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in Roanoke, founded in 1916 by Lebanese immigrants, ...

Nearly 50 years later, few of my aunts and uncles or cousins regularly attend church. Many of my Catholic friends have also dropped the habit. Some are spiritual, but not necessarily religious.

The challenges for Catholicism in the modern world. Hosted by Ross Douthat Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. transcript The challenges for Catholicism ...