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US Catholics express hope, tempered expectations as synod begins
Priest removes Indigenous art from New Mexico Catholic church, shocks parishioners
Pope Francis apologizes for using homophobic slurs while saying 'no' to gay priests
New Vatican document condemns gender theory, surrogacy
Sr. Mary Roger Thibodeaux, noted 'Black power' nun, dies at 86
Nuns alleging abuse by former Jesuit Marko Rupnik plead with Francis for investigation
Francis calls relations with China 'respectful' after Mongolia trip
Catholic bishops in Ireland ask parishes to conserve 30 percent of property for pollinators, biodiversity
Pope Benedict XVI's cousins stand to inherit his money. None of them want it.
Laudato Trees planting program enlists Catholic properties to help increase DC's canopy
From a Western phenomenon to a truly global church
John McGreevy makes what could have become a dull textbook into a riveting narrative of Catholicism’s modern history.
by Thomas Albert Howard
Pope Francis clears way for women and lay Catholics to vote in upcoming bishops' meeting
Pope Benedict’s complicated legacy
Both his strengths and his failings are distinctly Catholic.
by Rebecca Bratten Weiss
Liturgy for Benedict’s funeral mass highlights unity in a divided church
by Claire Giangravé
The prophetic church in Ortega’s Nicaragua
One alarming aspect of the onetime revolutionary leader’s authoritarian turn has been the persecution of religious leaders.
by Jeannine Marie Pitas
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at 95
Hong Kong finds Joseph Zen guilty over pro-democracy protest fund
by Clemente Lisi
French Catholic leaders dig deeper hole in sexual abuse scandal
by Tom Heneghan
Ex-Vatican auditor sues, threatens to expose financial mismanagement
California Catholic bishops ask SCOTUS to review statute of limitations
by Alejandra Molina