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Catholicism
Despite the Catholic Church’s stance against same-sex marriage and Ireland’s majority Catholic population, Ireland voted to legalize gay marriage. In a turn events that has shocked…
Catholicism
President of China Xi Jinping told China’s religious to avoid the influence of foreign religious leaders in an attempt to secure the government’s control. Chinese president…
Catholicism
Catholic women are holding an increasing number of lay leadership roles but far less than what represents Catholic women. A recently shared Crux article revealed that a third of the…
Catholicism
Republican politicians urge Pope Francis to stay away from politics and concentrate on the work to lead people to Jesus Christ and Salvation. Republican politicians have asked…
Catholicism
President Barack Obama attends a panel in Washington and speaks out about poverty in front of Catholics and Evangelicals. John Carr, a former official of the United…
Catholicism
The Vatican is facing accusations of hypocrisy after Pope Francis turned down a French ambassador, presumably, because of his homosexuality. On January 5, the French government…
Catholicism
The Vatican has become the latest country to recognize the state of Palestine, after a new treaty was finalized on Wednesday. In a move that has…
Catholicism
Pope Francis announced that he would canonize Junipero Serra as a Saint during his visit to the U.S. Spanish missionary Junipero Serra will be made a…
Anglicanism
New research shows Christianity in America is declining, while the number of those unaffiliated with religion is increasing. Over the past seven years, the United States…
Catholicism
Raul Castro announced that he is considering returning to the Catholic Church after his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican this weekend. Cuban president Raul…
Catholicism
The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC), gathered for a discussion on ecumenism. Questions are being raised about whether the ecumenism between the Catholic and Anglican churches…
Catholicism
The German Catholic Church voted to change a rule so that lay employees would not be fired for getting a divorce or a homosexual civil union. The…