A few weeks ago, the American Catholic Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- my spiritual home -- joined to become one church. Did you miss it? What happened was this: The Presbyterians -- not ...
Rome (CNN) — A new ruling by the Vatican's doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender people and babies of same-sex couples. The new rules, dated October 31, come from ...
Like most of his fellow Italians, Mattia Nanetti, 25, from the northern city of Bologna, grew up with the teachings and sacraments of the Catholic Church in parochial school. Even his scouting group ...
A Catholic diocese in Michigan has instructed its pastors to deny sacraments to transgender and nonbinary people and same-sex couples unless they have “repented.” A portion of the guidance issued by ...
"I don’t think my feet touched the floor at the Easter vigil of 1994," recalls Jennifer Pixler of Maryland. "I felt such love, knowing that God was wiping out all my sins when I was baptized." ...
Nicole Thompson holds her son Wilder, who is being treated for COVID-19 Oct. 5, 2021, at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters) When Hope ...
The Holy Father reminds the faithful of the importance of celebrating the anniversary of becoming a child of God and heir to the kingdom of heaven. Pope Francis waves during the Angelus on Jan. 7; he ...
A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender people and babies of same-sex couples. The new rules, dated October 31, come from a set of ...