Topic: Roman Catholicism
Pope Benedict XVI heads for Africa this week, where he is likely to face questions over the Catholic Church's stance on condoms on the continent hardest hit by HIV and AIDS.His arrival in the West African nation of Benin Friday will mark ...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Roman Catholic Church will establish a body in January to house disaffected members of the Episcopal Church, beginning with a few dozen ministers and at least two congregations seeking communion, U.S. bishops were told Tuesday.Some 35 of 67 ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to a $3.2 million settlement with a man abused by a priest when he was a student at a parish school, lawyers for the victim said Tuesday.The priest, Daniel McCormack, pleaded ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to a $3.2 million settlement with a man abused by a priest when he was a student at a parish school, lawyers for the victim said on Tuesday.The priest, Daniel McCormack, ...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Roman Catholic Church will establish a body in January to house disaffected members of the Episcopal Church, beginning with a few dozen ministers and at least two congregations seeking communion, U.S. bishops were told on Tuesday.Some 35 of ...
Bishops from throughout the United States gathered in Baltimore on Monday to hear a clarion call from their leader to breathe new vigor into the Roman Catholic Church.Opening a two-day annual meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Dolan ...
DENVER (Reuters) - A wind-swept fire tore through a landmark Catholic retreat in the Colorado mountains on Monday, heavily damaging the site where Pope John Paul II spent an afternoon in 1993 while attending World Youth Day in Denver.The blaze erupted in ...
Gay marriage will be among the issues discussed by U.S. bishops at their fall assembly in BaltimoreGay marriage will be among the issues discussed by U.S. bishops at their fall assembly in Baltimore. The November 14 – 16 meeting of the U.S. ...
Religious leaders joined with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday to denounce violence perpetrated in the name of their faiths, amid growing religious fanaticism across the world."No more violence, no more war, no more terrorism! Never again! In the name of God, that ...
DUBLIN (Reuters) - In the week that Ireland announced it was closing its embassy to the Vatican, the pews at Dublin's main Roman Catholic church are less than a third full for Sunday morning mass. There is no one under 30 in ...