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5 Feb 2014, 8:49 am by Russell Powell
The Reformation and the rise of modern nation states challenged this identification between states and the Catholic Church, gradually shifting... [read post]
5 Oct 2023, 6:01 pm by Family Law
From USA Today: Same-sex couples could soon have their marriages blessed in the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Francis considers same-sex unions ahead of a major meeting. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 8:30 am by Mike
  PARIS — The former leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium urged a victim of serial sexual abuse by a bishop to keep silent for a year, until the bishop — the victim’s own uncle — could retire, according to tapes made by the victim last April and published over the weekend in two Belgian newspapers. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 10:23 am by Tom Smith
More than half the Roman Catholics in this country accept “all” or “most” of the church’s teachings and try to live their lives accordingly, a new survey of Catholic voters has found. [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 4:32 am
“A libel trial involving ’sex, morals and high church politics’ that may see the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales being called as a witness begins in the High Court this morning. [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 7:47 pm by Immigration Prof
From CBS News: After more than 100 years, a Roman Catholic church in Detroit is closing, partly because Hispanics who worship there fear immigration agents. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 4:43 pm by Nonprofit Blogger
The Washington Post reports that Joseph Biden, the second-ever Roman Catholic U.S. president, was greeted on his Inauguration Day with contrasting messages from his church: A warm blessing from Pope Francis — and a statement by the president of the... [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
As previously reported, last week the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church so that it now rejects capital punishment in all cases. [read post]
14 May 2010, 8:50 am
[JURIST] The Roman Catholic Diocese in Vermont [official website] on Thursday settled with dozens of former alter boys who alleged they were sexually abused by several clergy 30 years ago. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 1:50 am by sally
“The Roman Catholic church was accused today of using the legal system to suppress evidence of clerical sex abuse after a Jesuit-run school lost an appeal against a court ruling giving a former pupil the right to pursue a £5m civil action. [read post]
11 May 2011, 10:20 am by Michael Perry
Boehner, a Republican who grew up in a devout Roman Catholic family in Ohio, is scheduled to give the commencement address this Saturday at the Catholic University of America in Washington, a prestigious venue in church circles for its affiliation with the nation’s bishops. [read post]
22 Nov 2020, 1:49 am by Tom Smith
Some Roman Catholic leaders are worried that President-elect Joe Biden will support policies, including abortion rights, that go against the church’s teachings. [read post]
A US District Court Judge denied a motion for a preliminary injunction on Friday from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to exempt its parishes from New York state’s restrictions on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 1:15 pm by ckramer
The Catholic Church has been riddled with sexual abuse controversy for decades. [read post]
1 May 2007, 12:10 am
Nevertheless, the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday called on doctors to refuse to perform the procedure. [read post]
A sex abuse scandal has continued to spread throughout the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S., Europe and Australia for the last several years. [read post]