The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) wrote Friday to the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding admission to Communion, affirming the centrality of ...

Leaders of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith spent three days in late September listening to women theologians, canon lawyers, Scripture scholars and specialists in other academic fields ...

The seven days expired Tuesday. Diocese spokesman Robert Tayek said in an email Wednesday that he did yet have all the details of the meeting between Marrone and Lennon. He said the bishop "asked ...

Yesterday Pope Francis named Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi as the new prefect for the Congregation of Catholic Education. I cannot find much about him, but Crux has the story. The Italian cardinal ...

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, during a meeting at the Vatican in this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo. The Congregation for Catholic ...

The Congregation of Holy Cross has elected the Connecticut-born Brother Paul Bednarczyk, as superior general. He is the first non-priest to head the congregation, as allowed under a change to church ...

When Nell Shealey, a black Roman Catholic, walked into St. Agnes Church on Euclid Avenue 82 years ago, heads turned amid nudges and whispers. The woman, who had just moved to Cleveland, worshipped ...

August 2005: Jane Via and Rod Stephens develop parish model featuring a woman priest as pastor, based on a discipleship of equals, democratic governance and inclusivity. November 2005: Inaugural mass ...

The largest Catholic congregation in the U.S. is now in California's Central Valley. It serves more than 14,000 families. Its size relates to the dramatically falling number of Catholic priests. The ...

VATICAN CITY — Holding together the obligation to protect and promote the Catholic identity of Catholic schools while reaching out to a broader community of students and teachers requires a commitment ...