For that reason, Ken and Jo Merlau were civilly married for 24 years before being married in the Catholic Church. “What Francis did, he made us feel welcome,” Jo Merlau said.

Catholics and bioethicists side with Church about the ‘deplorable practice.’ Surrogacy uses such techniques as in vitro ...

This is always a danger with wide historical surveys, and MacCulloch’s final section, on contemporary Church history—passages on the Catholic Church’s sexual-abuse scandals, the Gay ...

And the share who say they think clergy misconduct in other religions is equally as common as in the Catholic Church has increased from 61% to 68%. Read on for more about Catholics’ attitudes toward ...