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Reading Church history is about an education in complexity. Take, for instance, the history of the Arian heresy in the fourth century. The Church in the fourth century was certainly …

The past few months have been exciting ones in France, and indeed throughout Europe. This current chapter may be said to have begun at the end of July, when 50,000 …

On the eve of the midterm elections, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops posted two videos entitled “faith before politics.”

The archbishop of Vienna, Austria, said that he supported women’s ordination. “I would certainly wish for the ordination of women, but I see that at present this would be a …

State-level Catholic conferences have weighed in on ballot initiatives related to abortion (Missouri, Nevada, Virginia), gender and sexuality (Colorado, Nebraska, Virginia, Washington), and other issues (Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South …

The lead English bishops for conflict and for peacebuilding called for progress toward disarmament. “We urge Catholics to stand together for peace, and to pray that our political leaders will …

A leading Vatican diplomat said that the Holy See is “deeply concerned” about the “risks posed to nuclear facilities by armed conflict,” particularly the “ongoing precarious situation at the Zaporizhzhia …

An exclusive CWN report by Phil Lawler

A young man faced charges following vandalism to a memorial garden outside a Catholic primary school in Rockdale, Australia. “I never thought something like this would happen here,” Father Yacub …