The release of a 20-page document follows fierce conservative pushback against the doctrinal office’s previous declaration on LGBT issues.
A lawsuit involving Aboriginal victims of a jailed priest could have international implications for the Vatican as they seek to protect the pontiff from being drawn into a civil damages claim.
From vacant acres on Perth’s fringe to places of worship,schools,commercial buildings and houses,these churches own some of WA’s most valuable private property portfolios.
Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass,leading some 30,000 people in a flower-decked St Peter’s Square.
In this series,explore how Victoria’s religious communities are attracting worshippers in an increasingly secular Australia.
In a series,The Age explores why Christianity is declining and atheism is growing,while the faithful flock to Pentecostal megachurches,temples and mosques.
The Pentecostal faithful are flocking to sermons by pastors in ripped jeans and tearing up at rock concerts. It’s a far cry from empty pews in many Anglican and Catholic churches.
I grew up with an unquestioning adherence to a set of beliefs,a strict authoritarian hierarchy of power and a rock-hard sense of being among the chosen ones.
The Pope’s infatuation with the young woman almost deprived the Catholic Church of its first pontiff from the Americas and the first Jesuit pope.
Whether it is Scottish castle libraries,plunge pools,executive trips to Henley regattas or the latest comparison between the obscene amount of money spent by a few private schools on capital works and entire state school funding,it is clear that the current funding model is failing students.
A Broome bishop has been charged with a string of alleged historical sex offences.