the Vatican is establishing a study group to more clearly define the crime in church law. A communique signed Nov. 22 by Cardinal Argentinian Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the ...

(CNS photo/Justin McLellan) Facing a swath of scandals involving founders and other charismatic individuals who have committed abuse under the guise of false spiritual and mystical experiences, the ...

In his remarks to the crowd, which he delivered in Spanish, Pope Francis thanked ESNE for heeding St. Pope John Paul II’s ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks at a news conference at the Vatican Sept. 19, 2024, on the dicastery’s approval ... and the Dicastery ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for Legislative Texts are setting up a working group to study how "spiritual abuse" can be defined and punished in ...

Pope Francis met with academic staff participating in the International Congress on the Future of Theology “Heritage and ...

The percentage of "scripture engaged" respondents experiencing low loneliness (38%) was much higher than the 25% of both the "movable middle" and "Bible disengaged" who said the same. The study ...

2024 Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical ...

This is one of the paradoxes of Christian history: Entrepreneurs with healthy egos tend to make great evangelists for a faith ...

US President Joe Biden is facing growing calls to commute the death sentences of the more than three dozen federal inmates on ...

The Vatican has suppressed the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, following a long-running controversy in which the prioress was found guilty of having broken her ...