From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

which outlined extensive harassment of the Catholic ... priests, including Bishop Rolando Álvarez, were forcibly deported to the Vatican as tensions escalated. While the assault on NGOs and ...

The Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) published a series of norms regarding the formation of future priests ... by the Congregation for Catholic Education on the criteria for vocational ...

The Vatican City is the least populated country in the world because it has fewer than 1,000 residents (around 800–850 people ...

This is not the same situation for the large majority of male clergy of sacramental churches such as the Anglican and the variety of Orthodox churches who have colour coded religious seasons where the ...

Other groups, like those whose occupation is identified as "religious healer," would also be included. If passed, the bill would impose criminal penalties on clergy who fail to report such confessions ...

A report by the news agency PTI said that the two paintings featured Hindu deities, Hanuman and Ganesh. The paintings were displayed at an art gallery in New Delhi. Earlier in the day, a hearing was ...

aimed at destroying the Catholic Church, beginning with its highest Authority in this place. That particularly difficult period was characterized by a generation of Bishops, priests and Religious ...

New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) A Delhi court is likely to decide today whether or not to direct an FIR after a plea alleged two paintings of late artist and Padma awardee M F Husain hurt religious sentiments ...

(photo: asiandelight / Shutterstock) A Montana bill that could compel Catholic priests to break the seal of confession is being criticized by Catholics who say it could eliminate key religious ...

A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ordered the seizure of two "offensive" paintings by MF Husain, one of India's most famous artists ... "hurt religious sentiments". Husain, who died ...