The battle between the Roman Catholic hierarchy and dissident priests over Pope Paul’s anti-contraception encyclical continues. Last week the major scene of conflict was Washington, D.C., where ...

In 2018, Pope Francis promulgated the apostolic constitution Veritatis Gaudium, which was a document devoted to the reform of ...

The papal encyclical, called Rerum Novarum and published ... was recently named to the 2024 Fortune Best Small Workplaces List — a feat the company says is a first among Catholic organizations.

Has the Catholic Church become too Pope-centric? Or too Pope-dependent, to put it another way. It wasn’t always so. These ...

he impending visit of Pope Francis to Indonesia this week could not be more timely, coming as it does after a tumultuous period during which the country’s democracy again rose up against an ...

An encyclical is the most important form of papal document. Francis has authored three: - "Lumen Fidei" (Light of Faith) on the importance of Christian faith, based partly on the work of his ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) notes on its website that “a rich body of Church teaching, including papal encyclicals, bishops’ statements, and pastoral letters, has ...

14 news story I love Pope Francis, thus it pains me to disagree with him in a public forum. Were I still teaching, his many encyclical letters (really small books) would be required reading in ...

A Review of Some of Pope Francis' Most Memorable Quotes Over His Papacy On Friday, flying back to Rome from a lengthy trip to Asia, Pope Francis criticized both U.S. presidential candidates for ...

"Easter does not take place by our own initiative or by one calendar or another. Easter occurred because God 'so loved the ...

Francis, 87, began on Monday a 12-day, four-country, two-continent odyssey. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Pope Francis on Monday embarked on his 45th and most ambitious trip of his papacy, both in terms ...

Pope Francis has appointed Marcelino Antonio Maralit Jr. as the new bishop of the City of San Pablo in Laguna province. The ...