Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago tells NPR's Scott Simon why he and two other Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of the Trump administration's foreign policy.

Some experts and bishops told RNS that, in a fraught moment, dialogue and public criticism are complementary strategies.

COMMENTARY: As the Sino-Vatican agreement remains confidential, its impact must be judged by outcomes — including how episcopal appointments, clerical formation and Church authority are evolving under ...

Military Archbishop Timothy Broglio's recent statements on conscientious objection demonstrate the relevance of Catholic ...

Six weeks ago, attorneys for the Archdiocese of New Orleans and clergy sex abuse survivors agreed to a settlement in the long ...

Galileo Galilei was the most brilliant astronomer of his time, armed with a telescope and an obsession with truth. In the ...

Former Archbishop of Canterbury: Putin is a heretic – he has no holy mission in Ukraine - INTERVIEW: For years, the Russian ...

Catholic philosopher Carrie Gress challenges the very foundations of feminism, arguing that it has emerged as a rival church ...

Byzantine Patriarch Anthony warned the Church cannot endure without an empire, emphasizing their inseparable unity during ...

A devilish, demonic way of using the word of God,’ religious figures said after the Russian president’s address ...

The polarization of the Catholic Church in the United States sometimes seems as entrenched as our nation's political divides. Indeed, the gradual sorting of the nation into two ideologically opposed ...