A leading scholar in the history of Christianity predicts that a widening chasm between the laity and leaders of the Catholic Church will lead to schism in the not too distant future Diarmaid MacCulloch a professor at Oxford said that while the future of the Christian faith as a whole is bright

If you rsquo ve ever been to Washington DC and have driven up Massachusetts Avenue to get a glimpse at the impressive embassy nbsp buildings that line that street you may have seen a protestor standing in front of the Vatican embassy with a sign condemning the Pope and the abuse of children by C

Among those most concerned about the repeal of the Don rsquo t Ask Don rsquo t Tell law that barred gay men and women from serving openly in the military were some military chaplains who were afraid that their religious liberty would be threatened Now with several months of the repeal in effect

National Catholic Reporter offers a detailed look at an emerging controversy in the Diocese of Oakland involving a national association that offers pastoral support to gay and lesbian Catholics and a bishop rsquo s quest to assess its Catholicity From NCR Following a more than yearlong investigat

The conversion to Catholicism by a once prominent atheist writer is gaining some attention From CNN She went from atheist to Catholic in just over 1 000 words Leah Libresco who rsquo d been a prominent atheist blogger for the religion website Patheos announced on her blog this week that after y

Some breaking news from the Vatican today via Reuters The Vatican has hired an American journalist from the Fox News Network and member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei to help improve its relations with the media a senior Church source said on Saturday Greg Burke Fox s Rome-based

A Pew survey examining doubt and belief in God has been making the rounds the past few days with headlines claiming that the generation dubbed ldquo millenials rdquo is fleeing from belief in record numbers Take this example from Talking Point Memo The younger generation is abandoning God in dr

I occasionally hear some complain that they wish Christianity were tougher meaner and more masculine That rsquo s always struck nbsp me as odd but some Christians are acting on that desire From USA Today Finally someone is making a movie that answers an important question Can you love your

Young undocumented immigrants received some much welcomed news from the White House today where President Obama announced changes to federal immigration policy that would grant them work permits and lessen the fear of deportation From the New York Times His policy directive which Latinos and ot

The Vatican is set to control a new internet extension catholic Catholic News Service reports The Vatican is in line to control the new Internet address extension catholic and decide who is allowed to use it The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers a nonprofit corporation tha