Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The Catholic Church's cardinals are meeting next week at the Vatican to elect the new pope in a centuries-old process called ...

These are just recent headlines from one state. From 2004-23, the Catholic Church paid more than $5 billion to settle sexual ...

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The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

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The personality and outreach of Pope Francis attracted worldwide admiration. Though he did not stray from Catholic doctrine, ...

Majorities want the church to allow use of birth control and IVF, and to permit priests to bless same-sex couples. But views ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

Dr. Christopher Stroud was a Catholic OB-GYN who prescribed birth control and gave referrals for IVF until a priest ...

Furthermore, every member of the flock is obliged by the tenets of the Church to adhere to the infallible guidance of the guy in the pointy hat and the cool cape on matters of faith and morals. That ...