The Latest Breaking News from Catholic Church

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis, who recently raised the possibility of retiring due to his declining health, will create 20 new cardinals on Saturday -- many of whom could one day choose his successor.

Victoria's Supreme Court rules a civil case brought by the father of former choirboy against the Catholic Church and Cardinal George Pell can continue.

President Daniel Ortega's government has moved systematically against voices of dissent, arresting many opposition leaders last year.

Ouellet, a prominent figure in the Catholic Church, ‘firmly’ denies accusation he sexually assaulted a woman in Quebec.

The former SNP Rutherglen and Hamilton West representative sat through an entire mass and even gave a reading. Around 45 people were in attendance at the time. She went to a bar in Prestwick, South Ayrshire after attending the mass.

Brutal torture and assault of women accused of witchcraft go unpunished while policies to tackle issue falter.

A Nicaraguan Catholic priest from a northern parish was detained after celebrating Mass, the Church said, amid rising tensions between the church and the government of President Daniel Ortega.

On Aug. 2, staid, conservative Kansas gave the United States one of the biggest jolts in an election season in which Democratic disaster and Republican ascension had been such an accepted fact that left-wing media’s denial of inevitability sounded more like prayer. President Joe Biden’s approval rating was lower than…

Nicaragua’s government recently shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church