Pope Francis launched new consultations Wednesday on the future of the Roman Catholic Church, as it faces pressure over the ...

The meeting comes six months after the Vatican’s doctrinal office rejected gender-affirming care. Read more at ...

Italian canonist Donata Horak criticized the Roman Catholic Church’s current structure ... On the eve of the second session ...

the highest officials in the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. Francis, pope since March 2013, has pursued a series of Vatican financial reforms but has also been beset by several scandals ...

The secular contrast between “liberal” and “conservative” doesn’t work inside the Catholic Church, at least in its most ...

The nomination of 44-year-old Bishop Mykola Bychok of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is also seen as sending a subtle ...

The Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to be ordained ... Earlier this year, in a rare interview, the Pope addressed the issue of women clergy with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell.

Pope Francis launched fresh consultations Wednesday on the future of the Roman Catholic Church, which faces pressure over the ...

Pope Francis launched fresh consultations Wednesday on the future of the Roman Catholic Church, which faces pressure over the role of women and the ongoing scourge of clerical child abuse. The ...