Theologians, well versed in the perennial philosophies of the west have provided us with insight into this queen of doctrines in a way that satisfies our basic desire to know and love the truth. But ...

The Vatican on July 24 approved the “spiritual experience” connected to the Sanctuary of Maccio located in Italy, making it the fifth public announcement of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ...

No teaching of the Catholic Church is more disconcerting to outsiders — and more than a few insiders, truth be told — than the literal interpretation of Jesus’ words in the sixth chapter of the Gospel ...

Louise Large thrashed and screamed, fighting the black-robed nuns who held her tightly while speaking in a language she couldn’t understand. As she watched her grandmother walk away, the young Cree ...

Nearly 500 years after papal decrees were used to rationalize Europe's colonial conquests, the Vatican repudiated those decrees on Thursday, saying the "Doctrine of Discovery" that was used to justify ...