Portugal's Catholic Church has reiterated new safeguarding commitments in line with an independent commission on sexual abuse by clergy, although most of its dioceses also reported inconsistencies in ...

Pope Francis reaffirmed the impossibility of women becoming priests, or even modern Church deacons, in an interview for a book published in Italy this week. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has served ...

One of the greatest sins infecting society is domestic violence. Clearly, most in the church are quick to denounce the sin of domestic violence with the understanding that nobody should be unsafe in ...

Where is St. Patrick when we need him? The Catholic saint drove the snakes out of Ireland, and now we need someone to drive the snakes out of the Catholic Church in America. The nation’s 61 million ...

Tight lips protect the family. As a newlywed pastor more than twenty years ago, I learned I should not routinely dump all the problems of ministry on my husband. I think it was a wise decision. Now ...

From reaching new congregants to managing volunteers, software is solving church problems. A few years ago, the concept of online church felt relatively novel. Relegated primarily to megachurches and ...