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Catholic Church has evolving answer on reality of Adam and Eve
This is a detail of a painting of Adam and Eve by Peter Wenzel that is displayed in the Pinacoteca at the Vatican Museums....
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Document dump doesn’t stop wrangling in abuse case
by John L Allen Jr When the Vatican released documents in mid-August related to the case of Fr. Andrew Ronan, a Servite priest...
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Italy’s financial crisis turns up heat on the Vatican
With Italy facing the prospect of drastic cuts to balance its budget in the years to come, a growing number of ordinary Italians...
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NY Times editor’s column on candidates’ religious faith sparks online firestorm
A New York Times column by outgoing Executive Editor Bill Keller has unleashed a hailstorm of online criticism among religious...
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Vatican pressures theology journal
In a move some theologians say undermines the credibility of the leading English-language Catholic theological journal, the...
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Archbishop Gomez: new missal is ‘reverent and inspiring’
The new translation of the Mass promises to help Catholics “enter more deeply into the mystery of the faith” in a way...
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Catholic university opens in Jordan
It opens its doors right in the middle of the Arab spring. And this is not a mere coincidence. For the past few weeks at...
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Scottish archbishop tells Catholics not to kneel for communion
Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow The Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland has told Catholics in his archdiocese not to kneel...
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NASA Scientist, Religious Leaders Arrested in Tar Sands Protest
Religious leaders protest the pipeline as U.S. Park Police arrest United Church of Christ minister Rev. Mari Castellanos,...
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Priest: I’ll go to jail rather than bow to law on revealing confession
A Catholic priest has said he would be prepared to go to jail to defend the sanctity of the confessional, despite the Irish...



