COMMENTARY: As the Catholic Church marks the 150th anniversary of Pastor Aeternus, it is an occasion for us to be grateful for the gift of the teaching authority of the Church, especially that of the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Pontifical Academy for Life commented on Twitter on the death of the influential and controversial Swiss theologian Hans Küng, who rejected papal infallibility, Catholic teaching on ...

Pope Paul VI greets a child as he visits the parish of Jesus the Divine Master in Rome April 2, 1972. (Credit: Giancarlo Giuliani/ Catholic Press Photo via CNS.) Listen ROME – Over the past few days, ...

Since the First Vatican Council of 1870, it has been a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church that the Pope, when he speaks ex cathedra on matters of faith or morals, is infallible. In the most ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals from across the Catholic world will gather early next month to elect the next leader of the church. Some of the questions surrounding the next conclave ...

The reason why the 2024 edition of the Vatican yearbook has re-inserted "Patriarch of the West" as one of the historical titles of the pope appears to be a response to concerns expressed by Orthodox ...