Roman Catholic Church News

Rick Pitino never said a woman who claimed the Louisville basketball coach got her pregnant after a one-night stand had to get an abortion but did advise she ``go out of town'' to get medical care, his longtime aide told a jury Friday.

Government and society must have the guts to confront past wrongs in NI if the region is to look to a better future, a Catholic bishop has said.

Orthodox Judaism may be coming closer to acceptance of gays with the signing of a "statement of principles" by 100 Orthodox rabbis and teachers.

Catholic group joins chorus calling for Conservative government to reverse its decision to scrap mandatory long form Ottawa - Published on Friday, Jul.

A university professor whose employment was not renewed following a complaint alleging homophobia will now be reinstated to his position, reported Catholic News Agency on July 29.

Officials of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet and Naperville police are hopeful the prospect of a reward will put an end to a month-long crime spree that has plagued a local parochial school.

A few dozen people attend midday Mass. A handful of others light candles. A woman makes her way down a long, narrow path on her knees.

The proportion of Spaniards who say they are Roman Catholic has fallen to 73 percent from around 80 percent eight years ago, according to a survey released Thursday by the CIS research centre.

"It is so easy to convert others," Oscar Wilde observed. "It is so difficult to convert oneself." Something of both attempts is at the heart of "The Savannah Disputation," the comedy by Evan Smith receiving its area premiere at the Olney Theatre this week.

Pope Benedict XVI prays during the first Vesper at Rome's St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica.

An 80-year-old Roman Catholic priest was found stabbed to death in his church in the city of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, CNNMexico.com reported Thursday, citing state police.

The Catholic Church is to hand over previously undisclosed church archive documents relating to the Ballymurphy massacre almost 40 years ago, to relatives of the victims.

The estate of a man allegedly abused by a priest in the 1980s is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, alleging he committed suicide this year after the diocese stopped paying for his mental health treatments following two other suicide attempts.

New Prime Minister Julia Gillard assured Australia's Christian majority on Thursday that her atheism would not affect government funding to church-run schools if she is re-elected. Gillard, who was sworn in last month and promptly called elections, was the first prime minister in the federation's 109-year history to take an affirmation of office ...

A relative of notorious killer Dr Crippen is making a final bid to have his body exhumed from his grave at Pentonville jail in London.

A retired Roman Catholic priest from Greene County, Tenn., has pleaded guilty in a North Carolina court to sexually abusing a boy during a trip there more than 30 years ago.

This article was written by John Hooper, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 27th July 2010 09.00 UTC Not the least interesting aspect of the exposure of the double life of some gay Catholic priests in Rome is the way it was handled by the Italian media.

The charges a ' believed to be a first for a papal event a ' are for a prayer vigil in London's Hyde Park on Sept.

The year: 1917. The month: October. The Russian Revolution was still a week or so away.

Members of St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal Roman Catholic Church in Texas City dedicated their new house of worship on July 27, 2010 with the help of Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the head of the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese.