The Roman Catholic doctrine, “outside the church, no salvation,” has been the subject of many a theological treatise, and has wrecked the mood in advance of many an auspicious American interfaith ...

Regarding your Feb. 6 article about John Carroll University's anti-bias policy excluding gays: On the one hand, JCU President Robert Niehoff doesn't want to add sexual orientation to the school's ...

ROME — Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying that they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Roman ...

It was a minor landmark in church history. Last week the Roman Catholic Church issued a new and explicit clarification of the conditions under which Catholics may be permitted to discuss religion and ...

The Catholic bishops noted that the church is aware of its special responsibility for supporting and strengthening marriage and the family "as a privileged community and the primary unit of society," ...