Their actions of several Catholic groups follow the appointment of a panel of experts set up by Pope Francis to consider the controversial question.

The chalice was handcrafted primarily with wood from a refugee boat that landed upon the beaches of Lampedusa.

Pope Francis will create five new cardinals at a consistory in Rome scheduled for June 28.

You will not see the phrases “liberal Catholic” or “conservative Catholic” in the pages of America.

“The Affordable Care Act for all of its flaws was a movement in favor of comprehensive health care,” Bishop Robert McElroy said.

The yearbook tracks the Catholic population, both by a head count of the baptized in each country and as a percentage of the world's population.