Catholic Church News

Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, according to an announcement from Vatican News. Before his papacy, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Argentina, held a variety of jobs, including working as a nightclub bouncer.  

In the new documentary, Pope Francis was quizzed on a variety of topics, including LGBT rights, abortion, the porn industry, sex, faith and sex abuse within the Catholic Church.

Kerala CM said the concern that there are forced conversions from Christianity to Islam in the state is not true. Kerala church bishop had alleged that young Catholic girls were largely falling prey to "love and narcotic jihad". Several Muslim organisations have urged Kallarangatt to withdraw his controversial remark.

The Bishop said that those trying to prove that there is no love jihad are feigning ignorance "There is a plan going on to forcefully bring in Muslim thoughts and all Catholics should be aware of this," he added

The only end result of untruth is the spread of arrogance and hatred, he said. 

John Feit, a visiting priest in McAllen, Texas, was convicted on Thursday of premeditated murder in the death of Irene Garza, then 25 in 1960.

A commission Francis set up in 2014 to advise him on how to root out sexual abuse has been hit by defections by two key members who lamented lack of progress and cooperation from Vatican officials.

More than 2,000 other people have been killed in drug-related crimes and thousands more murdered in unexplained circumstances.

The Regensburger Domspatzen ("Cathedral Sparrows"), a 1,000-year-old cathedral choir in Bavaria, was in 2010 dragged into the massive sexual abuse scandal plaguing the Catholic Church in recent years.

"I am looking forward finally to having my day in court. I am innocent of these charges," Pell said in a statement.

Indonesian police fired tear gas to disperse hard-line Muslims protesting against the construction of a Catholic church in a satellite city of the capital Jakarta.

A Royal Commission is Australia`s most powerful type of inquiry that is able to compel people to testify and recommend legislative changes and criminal charges.

Almost 4,500 people reported cases of pederasty or child sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the Catholic Church in Australia between 1980 and 2015.

The cardinal electors come from Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Central African Republic, Italy, Mauritius, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Spain, the United States and Venezuela.

A priest whose disappearance sparked protests in an eastern Mexican town was found alive but with injuries consistent with torture, the Catholic church said.

The Catholic Church`s highest-ranking diplomat wished US President-elect Donald Trump well on Wednesday, saying he would pray for the new incumbent to be "enlightened".

The Church barred women from becoming deacons centuries ago.  

Pope Francis, in his strongest appeal to date on the conflict in Syria, on Wednesday called for an "immediate ceasefire" to allow for the evacuation of civilians.

Two months after its priest was murdered by teenage jihadists, parishioners of a Catholic church in northern France will gather Sunday for a solemn re-opening ceremony to seek solace and solidarity.