Catholicism

Some parents and administrators don't feel it's their place to discuss a recent report on clergy sex abuse with young children. But are providing a space for students to voice their concerns.

After a grand jury report alleging mass child abuse in the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, some parishioners skipped Mass, including a family who says their identity and community are in question.

History, legal issues and doctrine all contribute to the continuing failure of Catholic authorities to recognize and respond more effectively to sexual abuse scandals.

From Texas Standard: Pope Francis says the death penalty is "inadmissible" under all circumstances. The Vatican announced the change Thursday what the...

It's a shift for the church, which used to consider the death penalty an "acceptable, albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good" in response to certain crimes.

Having been adversaries and then allies, Catholics and evangelicals once again have differing political agendas.

Voters in Ireland will go to the polls Friday for a referendum that could change the country's strict laws against abortion. Even though the Catholic Church is strongly opposed to changing the law, it has been strangely muted during the fierce national debate.

Pius IX became head of the Catholic church in 1846 and instituted the doctrine of Papal infallibility. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Kertzer says his exile led to the emergence of modern Italy.

The Vatican announced that Romero, who was closely associated with liberation theology and was killed by a right-wing death squad, will be canonized along with Pope Paul VI.

Three assailants murdered the Rev. Stanley Rother in Guatemala in 1981 during that country's civil war.