Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country ...

Major voices of the conclave. Sweden’s first bishop since the Protestant Reformation and the country’s first cardinal since the Christianization of Scania in the 10th century, Cardinal Anders ...

Pope Francis death new pope election Have you ever wondered whether a woman can become the pope? That's a steep hill to climb ...

At first, these seemed to be the inevitable concomitants of an elderly pope governing in an era of social media that he could ...

Around 30 theologians and pastoral workers gathered April 2–3 in Accra, Ghana, to “shape the church’s vision in Africa for the next 25 years.” (Photo by Charles Ayetan / SECAM / LCI ...

Now a new book on the stormy relationship between God and lust has arrived from the scholar Diarmaid MacCulloch, who argues ...

While firmly part of Italy for more than a century, influences from that rich and complicated past can be seen in the ...

One pastor leads services wearing a white robe; the other dons a dress shirt and tie. The first baptizes infants, while the ...

Photo courtesy of Mikhail Pavenko When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it didn’t just redraw borders and shatter homes – it fractured churches. Ukraine’s Protestant ...

The triumphal entry of the Saviour into Jerusalem over the palms and olive branches strewn on His path by the welcoming multitude, will be commemorated to-day (Palm Sunday) in many churches.

Minister for Equality Norma Foley has urged the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland to “do the right thing” on mother-and-baby home redress after years of talks with eight religious ...