Catholic clergy cannot be trusted to initiate meaningful reforms combatting widespread clerical abuse, leaving the responsibility to lay people, former federal prosecutor and original member of the ...

To the editor: The recent series of articles on the history of the Area Wide United Way has been very good and certainly show the importance of this organization to the area. Unfortunately, I must ...

The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said.

Lumen Gentium, Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is well known for its landmark teaching about the role of the laity. However, an equally important concern of the document, and a ...

St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in Santiago, Chile, is seen in this file photo. (Credit: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters via CNS.) CHILE/ARGENTINA – To put it mildly, the Catholic Church in Chile has a ...

United Methodist Church General Conference, the denomination's top legislative assembly, is gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina between April 23 - May 3.